CN211798745U - Mahjong machine and mahjong tile feeding assembly thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a mahjong machine and a mahjong tile feeding assembly thereof, which comprise a mahjong tile storage groove, a mahjong tile feeding push head for pushing mahjong tiles to be fed along the mahjong tile storage groove and a mahjong tile feeding driving mechanism for driving the mahjong tile feeding push head to move; the card storage groove comprises a first card storage rail, a second card storage rail and a third card storage rail, the first card storage rail and the third card storage rail at least comprise an arc-shaped section, the first card storage rail and the third card storage rail are respectively positioned at two ends of the second card storage rail, one end of the first card storage rail is a card inlet of the card storage groove, and one end of the third card storage rail is a card outlet of the card storage groove and is connected with the card lifting support plate; the inner side of the mahjong storage groove is provided with a mahjong lifting assembly, the horizontal pushing and mahjong loading device is arranged in the middle of the mahjong storage groove, the second mahjong storage track is a straight line segment, the bottom wall of the second mahjong storage track is formed by a mahjong bearing plate in the horizontal pushing and mahjong loading device, and the outer side wall of the second mahjong storage track is formed by a mahjong pushing plate in the horizontal pushing and mahjong loading device; the invention has simple and reasonable structure, low manufacturing cost, stable and reliable operation and less faults.

Description

Mahjong machine and mahjong tile feeding assembly thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of mahjong machines, in particular to an eight-opening automatic mahjong machine and a mahjong loading assembly thereof.

Background

The existing full-automatic mahjong machine can integrate the functions of shuffling, dice throwing and the like, and provides great convenience for playing cards for people.

For example, chinese patent publication No. CN105413165B discloses an automatic mahjong machine, which comprises a tile feeding device, a tile pushing device, and a slope tile playing device, wherein the slope tile playing device comprises a tile feeding assembly and a tile lifting assembly; the mahjong tile feeding device comprises a mahjong tile feeding box, a mahjong tile feeding channel for transferring mahjong tiles is arranged in the mahjong tile feeding box, a mahjong tile sucking wheel is arranged at a mahjong tile inlet of the mahjong tile feeding channel, and a conveying belt driven by a mahjong tile feeding motor is arranged in the mahjong tile feeding channel; the card sending channel is curved in an arc shape, and an included angle of 1-15 degrees is formed between the card inlet direction of the card inlet and the card outlet direction of the card outlet; in the same group of card picking and carrying systems, the card sending device is arranged between the card storage groove of the card feeding assembly and the shuffling large plate, the card feeding direction of the card storage groove and the card discharging direction of the card sending and discharging opening form an included angle of 80-100 degrees, and the card pushing direction of the card pushing head is matched with the card feeding direction of the card feeding opening of the card storage groove to be consistent. In the scheme, the mahjong tiles are sucked up from the shuffling wheels of the mahjong tile feeding device to be pushed to the table top of the mahjong machine by the mahjong tile pushing head, and the conveying path of the mahjong tiles is approximately G-shaped, so that the conveying path (mainly a mahjong tile storage groove) of the mahjong tiles is greatly prolonged, the mahjong tiles are not easy to be clamped, the faults are few, and the operation stability is good; meanwhile, the mahjong machine can be made thinner.

However, the existing full-automatic mahjong machine is basically provided with only four outlets, only two layers of mahjong machines can be lifted to a table top from the four outlets respectively, manual mahjong cutting and stacking are still needed during playing, the operation is troublesome, and the situation of wrong mahjong cutting can occur frequently, and only reshuffling can be performed.

In order to solve the problem, the prior art invents an eight-mouth mahjong machine capable of automatically cutting and stacking cards, and the eight-mouth mahjong machine has many varieties after the recent development, but basically falls into two main categories:

1) the mahjong machine is still provided with four mahjong outlet ports on the desktop, and divides the mahjong tiles in the tile storage groove into two mahjong tile loading times so as to realize the function of the eight-port mahjong machine;

for example, patent document CN107320947A discloses a mahjong machine and its slope tile-discharging device and tile-loading method, wherein the tile-lifting groove, the tile-storing groove and the tile-sending channel of the tile-sending device in the same group of tile-picking and transporting systems are arranged in a G shape, the tile-sending channel of one group of tile-picking and transporting systems is located below the side of the tile-lifting groove of the other adjacent group of tile-picking and transporting systems, so as to reduce the height of the main machine of the mahjong machine; the cover plate capable of being opened upwards is arranged, so that the mahjong tiles at the edge of the tile lifting support plate can jack the cover plate in the lifting process of the tile lifting support plate, and the cover plate returns to the original position after the tile lifting support plate is parallel to the mahjong machine table top plate, so that the tiles at the edge or the larger gap between the tile lifting support plate and the mahjong machine table top plate can be prevented from colliding with the mahjong machine table top plate. Therefore, the mahjong can be played by stages, players can erect six mounds and half or thirteen mahjong tiles which are played for the first time, the process of manual splitting and arrangement is omitted, the operation of the players is simpler and more convenient, and the entertainment experience is better. However, the mahjong tile pushing head is driven by the steel wire rope driving mechanism in the patent, and the problems of complex structure, inconvenient assembly and debugging, unstable mahjong tile feeding process, high manufacturing cost, low service life of the steel wire rope and the like exist.

2) Eight mahjong tile outlets are formed in the table top of the mahjong machine, two conveying rails are arranged in one side of the mahjong machine, and mahjong tiles in the two conveying rails are pushed to the table top of the mahjong machine respectively to finish mahjong tile feeding when the mahjong tiles are fed.

For example, the Chinese patent with the publication number of CN109248437 discloses a tile feeding mechanism of an eight-port full-automatic mahjong machine, which comprises a rack, wherein a large disk is arranged in the rack, and each side of the large disk is provided with two outlets; the card delivering mechanism comprises an initial card delivering track arranged on each side of the large disc, a first card delivering track and a second card delivering track arranged on each side of the large disc, wherein the initial ends of the first card delivering track and the second card delivering track are connected with the corresponding initial card delivering tracks, and the card delivering ends of the first card delivering track and the second card delivering track are respectively arranged corresponding to two outlets on the same side of the large disc; a first card pushing head is arranged in the starting card sending track and the first card sending track in a sliding mode, and a card pushing head is arranged in the starting card sending track and the second card sending track in a sliding mode; the frame is provided with a driving structure which is used for driving the first card pushing head and the card pushing head to simultaneously start from the initial card sending track and simultaneously reach the respective card sending ends; although this patent send tablet mechanism has realized sending the tablet and has gone on with dividing the tablet simultaneously, has practiced thrift and has divided the tablet time, but every limit of the big dish of this patent all needs two tracks, and two are pushed away tablet and two sets of drives and push away the drive structure overall structure of tablet motion more complicacy, and push away the tablet with wire rope drive in this patent, and wire rope motor load is great, and the steel wire is trembled easily and is split, and the process of registering license is stable inadequately, and wire rope life is low.

And Chinese patent invention with publication number CN101569794 discloses a double-tile pushing and tile lifting mechanism of an eight-opening automatic mahjong table, which comprises a lifting base, a motor, a lifting board assembly, a tile pushing board assembly and a transmission assembly, wherein the motor, the lifting board assembly, the tile pushing board assembly and the transmission assembly are arranged on the lifting base; the card pushing plate assembly comprises: the cylindrical cam is connected with the transmission assembly and is driven by the transmission assembly to rotate; the card pushing plate is provided with a card pushing plate bearing and a card pushing plate guide shaft, the card pushing plate bearing is connected with the card pushing plate guide shaft through a card pushing plate guide shaft sleeve, the card pushing plate bearing is in contact with the circumferential surface of the cam of the cylindrical cam, and the card pushing plate bearing reciprocates along the card pushing plate guide shaft under the driving of the rotation of the cylindrical cam. Although the technical scheme of this patent has realized that the two of eight automatic mahjong tables of mouth push away the tablet process of rising, this mechanism spare part is more, and overall structure is complicated.

And the patent application with the publication number of CN107519637A discloses a mahjong machine and a mahjong loading method thereof, wherein the mahjong machine comprises four groups of mahjong picking and carrying systems arranged around a shuffling large disk, each mahjong picking and carrying system comprises a mahjong conveying device used for picking and conveying mahjong tiles from the shuffling large disk one by one, a mahjong stacking device used for stacking two mahjong tiles to form a pier, a mahjong pushing device used for pushing the mahjong tiles into a mahjong storage groove, and a slope mahjong discharging device used for conveying the arranged multi-pier mahjong tiles onto the table surface of the mahjong machine along a slope, the slope mahjong discharging device comprises a mahjong loading assembly and a mahjong lifting assembly, the mahjong loading assembly comprises a mahjong storage groove, the mahjong storage groove is bent in a large-angle arc shape, and the storage number of the mahjong tiles in the mahjong storage groove is increased; the card loading assembly and the card lifting assembly in the same group of card picking and carrying systems are directly adjacent. The mahjong machine can realize the method of playing the mahjong by stages, when storing the mahjong, the mahjong is picked up by the mahjong sending device and pushed into the mahjong storage groove by the mahjong pushing device; when the mahjong machine receives a first mahjong tile feeding signal, a mahjong tile lifting supporting plate of the mahjong tile lifting device descends, a part of mahjong tiles (generally six piers and a half or thirteen mahjong tiles) in the mahjong tile storage groove are pushed onto the mahjong tile lifting supporting plate by the mahjong tile feeding pushing head, the mahjong tiles are lifted by the mahjong tile lifting supporting plate to be fed to the desktop, and the mahjong tiles on the desktop are taken away by a player; after the mahjong machine receives the second mahjong tile feeding signal, the mahjong tile lifting supporting plate descends, the mahjong tile feeding pushing head pushes the remaining mahjong tiles in the tile storage groove to the mahjong tile lifting supporting plate, and the mahjong tile lifting supporting plate rises to feed the mahjong tiles to the table top. By adopting the scheme of pushing twice in stages, the function of the eight-opening mahjong machine can be realized by using the existing four-opening mahjong machine structure, but because the pushing head occupies the position of one block of tiles in the tile storage groove in the process from tile feeding to the tile lifting device, the length of the tile storage groove of 18-19 blocks of tiles is needed at 17 blocks of tiles, when the mahjong machine adopting the mode is used for playing larger tiles, the length of the track of the needed mahjong machine is longer, the mahjong machine with the size of the existing machine type cannot be realized, and therefore the length of the tile storage groove of the mahjong machine needs to be reduced as much as possible.

The invention patent publication with the publication number of CN108635827A discloses 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 overlapped up and down, wherein a motor base is arranged on the single-layer tile channel, a second motor is arranged on the motor base through a gear, a first motor is arranged on the motor base through a rotating shaft, a driven shaft on the motor base is connected with a single-layer tile turntable through a bearing, the teeth of the single-layer tile turntable are meshed with the gear, a single-layer tile deflector rod is arranged on the single-layer tile turntable, and a tile adjusting ring and a double-layer tile deflector rod arranged in the tile adjusting ring are arranged on the double-layer tile channel; after the three-layer cards enter the card channels, the second motor drives the gears to drive the single-layer card turntable to rotate, and the cards in the single-layer card channels are pushed to the table top of the mahjong machine through the single-layer card deflector rods of the single-layer card turntable; after the three-layer cards enter the card channels, the first motor drives the rotating shaft to drive the double-layer card deflector rod to rotate, and the cards in the double-layer card channels are pushed to the table top of the mahjong machine. The mahjong machine with the structure stacks three mahjong tiles to form a pier, the mahjong tile is divided into a single-layer mahjong tile channel and a double-layer mahjong tile channel, the single-layer mahjong tile channel and the double-layer mahjong tile channel are respectively sent to the table top of the mahjong machine, and the required rail length of the mahjong machine can be effectively shortened through the arrangement. However, the mahjong loading structure of the mahjong machine occupies a large height, the whole height of the mahjong machine using the structure is large, and particularly when a large mahjong is played, the mahjong machine with the size of the conventional machine type cannot be realized. On the other hand, the two motors are respectively used for directly or indirectly driving the two tile pushing heads to push the 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.

And Chinese utility model with publication number CN208694238U discloses a rail tile distributor and a mahjong machine, the rail tile distributor comprises a main rail for bearing and parallelly pushing the stacking mahjong tiles with preset layers output by the stacking device, a tile distributing structure for separating the mahjong tiles conveyed by the main rail into the mahjong tiles to be grabbed and the mahjong tiles to be played, the mahjong tile pushing mechanism is used for sequentially conveying mahjong tiles to be grabbed separated from the main rail to the first sub rail which are orderly arranged in the mahjong tile grabbing area, sequentially conveying mahjong tiles to be played separated from the main rail to the second sub rail which is orderly arranged in the mahjong tile playing area, and pushing the mahjong tiles. The rail card distributor enables mahjong tiles to be played to the card grabbing area and the card playing area simultaneously, so that a player can operate more conveniently, and the time of the player is saved. However, in the technical scheme, the second sub-rail is positioned below the first sub-rail, so that the mahjong tiles to be played, which are separated from the main rail, need to be sequentially conveyed to the mahjong tile playing area, and the second sub-rail and a mahjong tile pushing mechanism for pushing the mahjong tiles need to be arranged, so that the structure is relatively complex. And the tile outlet end of the second branch rail is connected with the tile inlet of the tile outlet area, the tile outlet area needs to be provided with a tile lifting supporting plate, and the second branch rail is positioned below the tile outlet area, so that the swing angle of the tile lifting supporting plate is larger, the inclination angle of the tile lifting supporting plate is larger when the tile is held, and a mahjong machine near the tile lifting supporting plate needs a larger avoiding space to lift the tile lifting supporting plate at a larger angle.

The Chinese patent publication with the publication number of CN108635827A discloses 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 vertically overlapped, wherein the single-layer tile channel is provided with a motor base, the motor base is provided with a second motor through a gear, the motor base is provided with a first motor through a rotating shaft, a driven shaft on the motor base is connected with a single-layer tile turntable through a bearing, the 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; after the three-layer cards enter the card channels, the second motor drives the gears to drive the single-layer card rotating disc to rotate, and the cards in the single-layer card channels are pushed to the table top of the mahjong machine through the single-layer card deflector rod. The mahjong loading structure of the three-layer mahjong machine disclosed by the invention is provided with the motor base and the two motors which respectively push the single-layer mahjong pieces and the double-layer mahjong pieces, has the advantages of two effects of one structure and stronger practicability and universality. In the scheme, three mahjong tiles are stacked up and down, two motors are arranged to respectively push a single-layer mahjong tile and a double-layer mahjong tile, a circular single-layer mahjong tile channel and a circular double-layer mahjong tile channel which are arranged in an up-down overlapping mode are arranged, and when the mahjong tiles are pushed to the single-layer mahjong tile channel and the double-layer mahjong tile channel, a bottom plate of the mahjong tile channel is cut into the mahjong tiles; however, the structure is easy to cause the phenomena of disorder, error and the like caused by tilting in the process of pushing the mahjong tiles to the mahjong channel.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems, the invention aims to provide a mahjong machine and a mahjong loading assembly thereof, wherein the mahjong loading assembly comprises a mahjong storage groove which is approximately C-shaped, a horizontal pushing and loading device is arranged on a straight line section part of the mahjong storage groove, the horizontal pushing and loading device and a slope mahjong loading device are organically combined, the functions of the eight-opening mahjong machine can be realized by utilizing the existing stacking and pushing device and the existing mahjong conveying device, and the eight-opening mahjong machine has the advantages of simple and reasonable structure, low manufacturing cost, light and thin machine core, stable and reliable operation and few faults.

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

a tile feeding assembly of a mahjong machine comprises a tile feeding support, a tile storage groove, a tile feeding pushing head and a tile feeding driving mechanism, wherein the tile storage groove is arranged on the tile feeding support and used for storing mahjong tiles; the method is characterized in that:

the mahjong tile storage groove comprises a first mahjong tile storage rail, a second mahjong tile storage rail and a third mahjong tile storage rail, the first mahjong tile storage rail and the third mahjong tile storage rail at least comprise an arc-shaped section, the first mahjong tile storage rail and the third mahjong tile storage rail are respectively positioned at two ends of the second mahjong tile storage rail, one end of the first mahjong tile storage rail is a mahjong tile inlet of the mahjong tile storage groove, and one end of the third mahjong tile storage rail is a mahjong tile outlet of the mahjong tile storage groove; the outer side walls and the bottom walls of the first mahjong storage rail and the third mahjong storage rail are formed on the mahjong loading support, the inner side walls of the first mahjong storage rail and the third mahjong storage rail are formed on the outer side wall of the mahjong lifting support, the second mahjong storage rail is a straight line segment, the bottom wall of the second mahjong storage rail is formed by a mahjong bearing plate in the flat-pushing mahjong loading device, and the outer side wall of the second mahjong storage rail is formed by a mahjong pushing plate in the flat-pushing mahjong loading device.

Preferably, the mahjong tile feeding support comprises a mahjong tile storage rail part and a mahjong tile feeding base which are arranged up and down and fixedly connected, and a mahjong tile feeding driving mechanism is arranged between the mahjong tile storage rail part and the mahjong tile feeding base; first store up tablet track, second and store up tablet track and third and store up tablet track integrated into one piece or fixed connection in the top of storing up tablet track spare, wherein, first store up tablet track, second and store up tablet track and third and store up orbital bottom wall of tablet and all set up on storing up tablet track spare.

Preferably, the horizontal pushing and mahjong tile loading device comprises a horizontal pushing and mahjong tile loading seat, a second mahjong tile loading motor, a mahjong tile pushing plate, a mahjong tile bearing plate and a first cover plate, wherein the second mahjong tile loading motor, the mahjong tile pushing plate, the mahjong tile bearing plate and the first cover plate are installed on the horizontal pushing and mahjong tile loading seat; the first cover plate is arranged on the inner side of the second mahjong storage rail in a vertically sliding mode, the mahjong lifting support is provided with a containing groove corresponding to the first cover plate, the first mahjong pushing mechanism is arranged on the outer side of the horizontally-pushed mahjong loading seat, and the mahjong loading pushing head moves along the inner side of the mahjong storage groove.

As preferred, it pushes away the head to go up the tablet actuating mechanism and pass through the hold-in range drive, including installing first tablet motor, hold-in range and the synchronous pulley of going up on the tablet support, synchronous pulley is rotated by first tablet motor drive of going up, hold-in range and synchronous pulley meshing, go up the tablet and push away the head and fix on the synchronous pulley, first tablet motor of going up drives the motion of tablet pushing head through synchronous pulley, hold-in range, and then drives go up the tablet pushing head and move to the play tablet mouth that stores up the tablet groove and will store up the mahjong tiles propelling movement of tablet inslot to rising the tablet layer board and mahjong machine desktop from the tablet inlet that stores up the tablet groove.

Preferably, the synchronous belt is of an open-loop structure, a synchronous belt track is arranged on the card feeding support to limit the moving route of the synchronous belt, the card feeding pushing head is fixed at one end of the synchronous belt, and the card feeding motor is arranged at the position of a card outlet close to the card storage groove; the synchronous belt is arranged between the mahjong storage track piece and the mahjong loading base; the mahjong tile loading base is characterized in that a first guide groove is formed in the upper surface of the mahjong tile loading base, a second guide groove matched with the first guide groove is formed in the lower surface of the mahjong tile storage track piece, and the first guide groove and the second guide groove jointly form a synchronous belt track.

Preferably, install the slider of registering license on the hold-in range, the slider of registering license includes integrated into one piece's fixed part and connecting portion, the fixed part removes in hold-in range track with the initiating terminal fixed connection of hold-in range, connecting portion stretch out hold-in range track and push away first fixed connection or integrated into one piece with registering license.

Preferably, a first groove is formed between the fixing portion and the connecting portion, the side wall of the second guide groove located on the innermost side is a first side wall, and the first side wall is matched with the first groove so that the mahjong tile loading sliding block moves along the first side wall.

Preferably, the first side wall includes a first section and a second section integrally formed therewith, wherein the first section is located inside the card storage slot and coincides with a route of conveying the mahjong tiles on the card storage slot, and the second section is smoothly transitioned with the first section and terminates outside the card storage slot.

Preferably, the horizontal pushing and card feeding device comprises a horizontal pushing and card feeding seat, and a second card feeding motor, a card bearing plate and a card pushing plate which are arranged on the horizontal pushing and card feeding seat, the second card feeding motor drives the card pushing plate to move inwards and outwards through a second card pushing mechanism so as to push mahjong cards out of the card bearing plate, the second card feeding motor drives the card bearing plate to lift upwards and downwards through a second lifting mechanism, and the inner side wall of the second card storage rail is integrally formed or fixedly connected on the card feeding support or the horizontal pushing and card feeding seat.

A mahjong machine comprises the mahjong loading assembly of the mahjong machine.

The invention has the technical effects that: the mahjong tile storage groove is approximately C-shaped, the mahjong tile lifting assembly and the mahjong tile conveying device are arranged on the inner side of the C-shaped mahjong tile storage groove, the horizontal pushing mahjong tile feeding device is arranged on a straight line section of the mahjong tile storage groove, the horizontal pushing mahjong tile feeding device and the slope mahjong tile feeding device are combined organically, the existing stacking and pushing device and the existing mahjong tile conveying device can be utilized, the function of the eight-opening mahjong machine can be achieved, the structure is simple and reasonable, the manufacturing cost is low, the machine core is light and thin, and the operation is stable and reliable and few in faults.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a tabletop of the mahjong machine of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the mahjong machine of the invention;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of FIG. 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the card feeding drive mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the construction of the card storage track member of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a first illustration of a card loading process of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a second illustration of the card loading process of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a third illustration of a card loading process of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a fourth illustration of the card loading process of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a fifth exemplary card loading process of the present invention;

figure 11 is a sixth schematic representation of the card loading process of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals: 1. a mahjong machine table top; 10. mahjong tiles; 3. shuffling a large disc; 4. a card delivery device; 5. a stacking and pushing device; 6. a card feeding device is horizontally pushed; 7. a slope card-loading device; 11. an inner card outlet; 12. an outer card outlet; 71. a card storage groove; 710. a card storage track member; 711. a first card storage track; 712. a second card storage track; 713. a third card storage track; 72. a card feeding pushing head; 51. pushing the card head; 52. a card supporting platform; 73. raising the card supporting plate; 53. a head cartridge; 63. a first cover plate; 75. a card lifting bracket; 56. horizontally pushing the card holder; 76. a card serving base; 77. a mahjong tile loading sliding block; 78. a synchronous belt; 761. a first guide groove; 714. a second guide groove; 715. a first side wall.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be considered as limiting the present invention.

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

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, "above" or "below" a first feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature therebetween. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the invention, the center of the mahjong machine is taken as the inside, and the periphery of the mahjong machine is taken as the outside.

In the description of the present specification, the "flush" and "height matching" of the a-face and the B-face each mean that the difference in height between the a-face and the B-face is within 5 mm.

The first embodiment is as follows:

the mahjong machine shown in figures 1-3 comprises a mahjong machine table top 1, a central control disc assembly and a large shuffling disc 3 which are positioned in the center of a bottom plate of a machine frame, four groups of mahjong picking and carrying systems are arranged around the large shuffling disc 3, each mahjong picking and carrying system comprises a mahjong feeding device 4 used for picking and sending mahjong tiles 10 from the large shuffling disc 3 one by one, a stacking and pushing device 5 used for stacking and pushing the two mahjong tiles 10 into a pier, and the mahjong picking and carrying systems further comprise a flat pushing and tile feeding device 6 and a slope tile feeding device 7 used for feeding the arranged multi-pier mahjong tiles 10 to the mahjong machine table top 1.

In this embodiment, the horizontal pushing and tile feeding device 6 and the slope tile feeding device 7 in the same tile picking and carrying system are respectively located at adjacent sides of the mahjong machine; in other embodiments, the flat-pushing tile-loading device 6 and the slope tile-loading device 7 in the same tile picking and conveying system can be positioned on the same side of the mahjong machine.

In this embodiment, four inner card outlets 11 and four outer card outlets 12 are arranged on the table top 1 of the mahjong machine, the four outer card outlets 12 are enclosed into a rectangular shape, the four inner card outlets 11 are enclosed into a rectangular shape and are distributed on the inner side of the outer card outlets 12, the horizontal pushing card-up device 6 is installed at the outer card outlets 12, the slope card-up device 7 includes a card-loading assembly and a card-lifting assembly, the card-loading assembly includes a card-storing groove 71 for storing the mahjong cards 10, a card-loading pusher 72 for pushing the mahjong cards 10 to be loaded along the card-storing groove 71 and a card-lifting driving mechanism thereof, the card-lifting assembly is installed at the inner card outlets 11, and the card-lifting assembly includes a card-lifting supporting plate 73 and a card-lifting driving mechanism thereof;

wherein, in the same card-picking handling system: the tile conveying device 4 and the flat-pushing tile feeding device 6 are located on the same side of the mahjong machine and are adjacent inside and outside, the stacking and pushing device 5 and the tile lifting assembly are respectively arranged at two ends of the tile storage groove 71, the flat-pushing tile feeding device 6 is arranged in the middle of the tile storage groove 71, the tile storage groove 71 at least comprises a straight line section, the bottom wall of the straight line section is formed by a tile bearing plate in the flat-pushing tile feeding device 6, all outer side walls or part of outer side walls of the straight line section are formed by the tile pushing plates in the flat-pushing tile feeding device 6, and the tile lifting assembly and the flat-pushing tile feeding device 6 are respectively located on the adjacent sides of the mahjong machine. Therefore, the function of the eight-port mahjong machine is realized by adding the flat-pushing mahjong-loading device on the mahjong storage groove on the four-port slope mahjong-loading mahjong machine with the approximately G-shaped mahjong tile conveying route in the prior art, and the eight-port mahjong machine has the advantages of simple and reasonable structure, low manufacturing cost, light and thin core, stable and reliable operation and less faults.

In this embodiment, the card storage slot 71 includes a first card storage track 711, a second card storage track 712 and a third card storage track 713, the first card storage track 711 and the third card storage track 713 both include at least an arc-shaped section, the second card storage track 712 is linear, the first card storage track 711 and the third card storage track 713 are respectively located at two ends of the second card storage track 712, an outer end of the first card storage track 711 is a card inlet of the card storage slot 71, and the stacking and pushing device 5 pushes the stacked mahjong tiles 10 into the card storage slot 71 through the card inlet of the card storage slot 71; the outer end of the third card storage rail 713 is a card outlet of the card storage groove 71 and is connected with the card lifting supporting plate 73; like this, store up the tablet groove and roughly be C shape, rise the tablet subassembly and send the tablet device setting to store up the inboard in tablet groove in this C shape to straightway position at storing up the tablet groove sets up the flat push and goes up the tablet device, will flat push and go up the tablet on the slope and combine organically, can utilize current fold and push away the device and send the tablet device, can realize eight mouthful of mahjong machine's function, simple structure is reasonable, low in manufacturing cost, the core is frivolous, the operation is reliable and stable trouble is few.

It is worth to be noted that, when the number of the mahjong tiles required by the player for playing the mahjong tiles is an even number, the number of the mahjong tiles corresponding to the M mounds of the mahjong tiles is the number of the mahjong tiles required by the player for playing the mahjong tiles; when the number of the mahjong tiles required by the player for playing is odd, the number of the mahjong tiles corresponding to the M mounds of the mahjong tiles is the number of the mahjong tiles required by the player for playing, and is reduced by one; the number of the mahjong tiles corresponding to the M + N mahjong tiles 10 is about one fourth of the total number of the mahjong tiles.

The card feeding device comprises a card feeding box, a card feeding channel for transferring mahjong cards is arranged in the card feeding box, a card sucking wheel is arranged at a card inlet of the card feeding channel, and a conveying belt driven by a card feeding motor is arranged in the card feeding channel. Specific configurations of the card feeding device 4 can be found in patent documents CN105413161A, CN106492454A, and CN 106669142A.

In this embodiment, the card feeding device 4 generally includes a card feeding box, a guide plate is disposed in front of a card inlet of the card feeding box, a card inlet wheel with a magnet is disposed at the card inlet of the card feeding box, a tension wheel and a driving wheel are disposed in the card feeding box, a card outlet wheel is disposed at the card outlet of the card feeding box, and the conveyor belt is wrapped around the card inlet wheel, the card outlet wheel and the driving wheel and tensioned by the tension wheel. The mahjong inlet is provided with a guiding groove for guiding mahjong tiles, the width of the mahjong inlet is slightly larger than the width of the selected mahjong tiles 10 and shorter than the length of the mahjong tiles 10, and the height of the mahjong inlet is larger than the thickness of the mahjong tiles 10 and smaller than the width of the mahjong tiles 10. Advance all to embed one, two, three or four magnets in the tablet wheel, the part design relative with magnet is the plane corresponding with mahjong tiles 10 size on advancing the outer periphery of tablet wheel, mahjong tiles 10 is unified down for the face after advancing the rotation of tablet wheel, and the process is unified to mahjong tiles 10 length direction and advances the tablet behind the tablet guide way, mahjong tiles 10 is for sending the tablet passageway in sending the operation route of tablet device 4, send the tablet passageway to play in the tablet mouth that advances of sending the tablet box and ending in the play tablet mouth of sending the tablet box.

The stacking and pushing device comprises a card pushing head and a card bearing platform. Specific structures of the above-mentioned thrust stack 5 can be found in patent documents with publication numbers CN201906453U, CN201949619U, CN103861280A, CN204699375U, CN106492454A, and CN 106669142A.

In this embodiment, the stacking and pushing device 5 generally includes a nose box 53, and a card supporting platform 52, a card pushing head 51 and a card pushing motor installed on the nose box 53, where the card supporting platform 52 is located at a card outlet of the card sending box and slightly lower than the card outlet of the card sending box, the card pushing head 51 and the card outlet of the card sending box are respectively located at two adjacent sides of the card supporting platform 52, card inlets of the card pushing head 51 and the card storing groove 71 are respectively located at two opposite sides of the card supporting platform 52, and during stacking, the card pushing motor drives the card supporting platform 52 to move up and down to stack the mahjong tiles 10 into a pillar, and during pushing, the card pushing motor drives the card pushing head 51 to horizontally slide in and out of the card supporting platform 52 to push the stacked mahjong tiles 10 into the card storing groove 71 through the card inlet of the card storing groove 71.

A card blocking frame is arranged outside the card outlet of the card sending box, the card blocking frame can be an independent support which is independently arranged, or the card blocking frame and a card storage groove 71 in the slope card loading device 7 are fixedly connected or integrally formed, and the card blocking frame and the card storage groove can be assembled and combined in advance in the fixed connection or integrally formed mode, so that the card blocking frame and the card storage groove are arranged on the frame 2 together to improve the assembly efficiency; the card blocking frame can also be fixedly connected with a machine head box 53 in the stacking and pushing device 5.

In this embodiment, the specific structure of the card lifting assembly can be referred to patent documents with publication numbers CN201906453U, CN201949619U, CN102133480A, CN103861280A, and CN204699375U, etc., generally, one card lifting assembly includes a card lifting support 75, a card lifting support plate 73 mounted on the card lifting support 75, and a card lifting driving mechanism, where the card lifting driving mechanism includes a card lifting motor and a transmission mechanism, one end of the card lifting support plate 73 is hinged to the card lifting support 75, and the other end of the card lifting support plate 73 can move and is driven by the card lifting motor through the transmission mechanism to lift up and down.

When the mahjong tiles are loaded on the slope, the movable end of the tile lifting supporting plate 73 descends, the movable end of the tile lifting supporting plate 73 is connected with the tile storage groove 71, at the moment, the tile storage groove 71 and the tile lifting supporting plate 73 jointly form a tile loading channel of the mahjong tiles 10, the tiles on the slope are pushed to the desktop along the tile loading channel by the tile loading pushing head, and then the tile lifting supporting plate 73 resets.

It should be noted that in other embodiments, the transmission mechanism may also be in transmission connection with the card-handing motor.

In this embodiment, the card feeding driving mechanism includes a card feeding support and a first card feeding motor mounted on the card feeding support, and the card feeding motor may drive the card feeding pushing head 72 through a swing rod, a wire rope, a timing belt 78, a chain, or the like.

The first embodiment: the mahjong tile feeding driving mechanism drives the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 through the synchronous belt 78, and comprises a first mahjong tile feeding motor, the synchronous belt 78 and a synchronous belt wheel which are installed on a mahjong tile feeding support, the synchronous belt wheel is driven to rotate by the first mahjong tile feeding motor, the synchronous belt 78 is meshed with the synchronous belt wheel, the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 is fixed on the synchronous belt 78, the first mahjong tile feeding motor drives the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 to move through the synchronous belt wheel and the synchronous belt 78, and then the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 is driven to move to a mahjong tile outlet of the mahjong tile storage groove 71 from a mahjong tile inlet of the mahjong tile storage groove 71 and pushes mahjong tiles 10 stored in the mahjong tile storage groove 71 to the mahjong tile lifting supporting plate 73 and the mahjong machine table top 1. The synchronous belt can be in a closed-loop structure or an open-loop structure. To open-loop type hold-in range, be provided with the moving path of hold-in range track in order to restrict the hold-in range on the support of putting the cards into order to prefer to push away the head with putting the cards into the card and fix the one end in the hold-in range in order to practice thrift the convenient drive in space, and prefer to put the card motor and install and have great thrust and guarantee that the hold-in range smoothly moves in the hold-in range track when pushing away the head and pushing away the cards in order to guarantee to put the cards into the.

The second embodiment: the mahjong tile feeding driving mechanism is characterized in that the mahjong tile feeding driving mechanism is provided with a mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 through chain driving, and comprises a first mahjong tile feeding motor, a chain wheel and a chain, the chain wheel is driven by the first mahjong tile feeding motor to rotate, the chain is meshed with the chain wheel, the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 is fixed on the chain, the first mahjong tile feeding motor drives the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 to move through the chain, and then drives the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 to move to a mahjong tile outlet of the mahjong tile storage groove 71 from a mahjong tile inlet of the mahjong tile storage groove 71 and push mahjong tiles 10 stored in the mahjong tile storage groove 71 to a mahjong tile lifting supporting plate 73 and a mahjong machine table surface 1. The chain can be in a closed loop structure or an open loop structure. To open-loop chain, be provided with the moving path of chain track in order to restrict the chain on the support of putting the cards, and preferably fix the one end of putting the cards pushing head at the chain in order to practice thrift the convenient drive in space, and preferably the motor of putting the cards is installed and is had great thrust and guarantee that the chain smoothly moves in the chain track when putting the cards pushing head and pushing the cards near storing up the card groove.

In the third case: the mahjong tile feeding driving mechanism can also drive the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 through the steel wire rope, and comprises a first mahjong tile feeding motor, a driving rolling wheel and a steel wire rope which are installed on a mahjong tile feeding support, the first mahjong tile feeding motor is fixed on the mahjong tile feeding support, the driving rolling wheel is driven to rotate by the first mahjong tile feeding motor, the steel wire rope is connected with the driving rolling wheel after passing through a plurality of guide wheels and a mahjong tile storage groove 71, the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 is fixed on the steel wire rope, and when the first mahjong tile feeding motor moves the steel wire rope through the driving rolling wheel, the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 moves on a mahjong tile storage rail, and then the mahjong tile feeding pushing head 72 is driven to move to a mahjong tile outlet of the mahjong tile storage groove 71 from a mahjong tile inlet of the mahjong tile storage groove 71 and push mahjong tiles 10 in the mahjong tile storage groove 71 to a mahjong tile lifting supporting plate 73 and a mahjong table top.

In a fourth situation, the tile feeding driving mechanism drives the tile feeding pushing head 72 through the swing rod, and comprises a first tile feeding motor and a tile feeding push rod which are installed on a tile feeding support, the tile feeding push rod rotates along the positioning end of the tile feeding push rod as an axis, the tile feeding pushing head 72 is installed at the movable end of the tile feeding push rod, the first tile feeding motor drives the tile feeding push rod to swing back and forth so as to enable the tile feeding pushing head 72 on the movable end of the tile feeding push rod to move along the reciprocating motion of the tile storage groove 71, and then the tile feeding pushing head 72 is driven to move from the tile inlet of the tile storage groove 71 to the tile outlet of the tile storage groove 71 and push the mahjong tiles 10 in the tile storage groove 71 to the tile lifting supporting plate 73 and the mahjong machine table surface 1.

In this embodiment, the upper pushing head 72 has a plurality of pushing portions on a side thereof close to the lifting support plate 73, and the pushing portions respectively contact two mahjong tiles 10 stacked up and down in the same pier, wherein the pushing portion contacting the lower mahjong tile 10 protrudes from the pushing portion contacting the upper mahjong tile 10.

One implementation mode of the horizontal pushing and card feeding device 6 is that card feeding is completed by adopting an in-situ horizontal pushing and card feeding mode, and the horizontal pushing and card feeding device comprises a horizontal pushing and card feeding seat 56, and a second card feeding motor, a card bearing plate and a card pushing plate which are installed on the horizontal pushing and card feeding seat 56, wherein the second card feeding motor drives the card pushing plate to move inwards and outwards through a second card pushing mechanism so as to push mahjong cards out of the card bearing plate, the second card feeding motor drives the card bearing plate to lift upwards and downwards through a second lifting mechanism, the card bearing plate forms a bottom wall of a second card storage rail 712, the card pushing plate forms one side wall of the second card storage rail 712, and the other side wall of the second card storage rail 712 is integrally formed or fixedly connected on a card feeding support or the horizontal pushing and card feeding seat 56. When the mahjong tiles are pushed horizontally, the second lifting mechanism drives the tile bearing plate to rise to be level with the mahjong machine table surface 1, the second tile pushing mechanism pushes the mahjong tiles 10 on the tile bearing plate out to the mahjong machine table surface 1, and then the tile bearing plate descends and resets to form a second tile storage track 712.

In the embodiment, the second card feeding motor is preferably in transmission connection with the second card pushing mechanism and the second lifting mechanism through a gear transmission device; the gear transmission device comprises a left lifting gear, a driving gear, a push-pull gear and a right lifting gear which are sequentially meshed with each other and arranged on the flat-pushing mahjong tile feeding seat 56, and the driving gear is connected with an output shaft of a second mahjong tile feeding motor; the second lifting mechanism comprises two lifting cranks, a support frame with a bottom cam curve is arranged below the second mahjong tile storage track 712, the movable ends of the two lifting cranks are respectively matched and supported with the bottom cam curve of the support frame, and the two lifting cranks are respectively arranged on the left lifting gear and the right lifting gear; the second card pushing mechanism comprises a card pushing cam, a transmission main shaft, two card pushing rocking bars, a card pushing plate and a first connecting piece, the card pushing cam is fixedly connected with the push-pull gear, one end of the first connecting piece is in transmission fit with the card pushing cam, the other end of the first connecting piece is fixed on the transmission main shaft, the transmission main shaft is installed on the horizontal pushing upper card base 56 and can rotate, the lower ends of the two card pushing rocking bars are respectively fixed on the transmission main shaft, and the upper ends of the two card pushing rocking bars jointly push the card pushing plate to move; the card pushing plate is fixed on the horizontal pushing sliding block, the horizontal pushing sliding block is connected with the card pushing support in a sliding mode, the horizontal pushing sliding block is driven to move horizontally by the card pushing rocker, and the card pushing support is fixedly connected with the second card storage rail 712 to lift synchronously. In addition, the gear transmission device, the second card pushing mechanism and the second lifting mechanism can also be other structures known in the prior art.

In this embodiment, still be equipped with the second apron, the second apron can move out into outer card outlet 12, and when the second apron was located outer card outlet 12, the second apron flushed with mahjong machine desktop 1, when the second apron moved out outer card outlet 12, second elevating system can drive second storage tablet track 712 and rise to flush with mahjong machine desktop 1 and mahjong tiles 10 pass outer card outlet 12, the second pushes away the tablet mechanism and can push away mahjong tiles 10 to mahjong machine desktop 1 on.

In this embodiment, the second cover plate is hinged to the horizontal pushing card-loading seat 56 through a spring hinge, a flange for keeping the second cover plate horizontal is arranged on one side of the outer card outlet 12, a vertical push rod is fixed on the lifting support, a rolling bearing is installed at the top end of the vertical push rod, and when the lifting support ascends, the vertical push rod pushes the second cover plate open, so that the height of the second card storage rail 712 is equal to or higher than the mahjong table top 1. The rolling bearing on the top of the vertical push rod reduces the friction between the second cover plate and the vertical push rod, so that the movement is smoother, and the service life is prolonged; the second cover plate can also be controlled to lift through a separate second lifting mechanism so as to move out of the card outlet 12; the second cover plate may also be fixedly coupled to the second card storage track 712 for movement out of and into the outer card outlet 12.

In this embodiment, the first card storage track 711, the second card storage track 712, and the third card storage track 713 are disposed independently, wherein the first card storage track 711 and the third card storage track 713 are fixedly disposed on the card feeding support, and the second card storage track 712 is disposed on the push-up card holder 56 in a liftable manner.

Another embodiment of the flat-pushing tile-loading device 6 is that the flat-pushing tile-loading device 6 is a desktop supporting plate descending type flat-pushing tile-loading device 6, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, and includes a flat-pushing tile-loading seat 56, and a second tile-loading motor, a tile-supporting plate, a tile-pushing plate and a first cover plate 63 which are installed on the flat-pushing tile-loading seat 56, the second tile-loading motor drives the first cover plate to ascend and descend through a first elevating mechanism, the second tile-loading motor drives the tile-pushing plate to move inward and outward through the first tile-pushing mechanism so as to push the mahjong tiles out of the tile-supporting plate, the tile-supporting plate forms a bottom wall of a second tile-storing track 712, the tile-pushing plate forms one side wall of the second tile-storing track 712, and the other side wall of the second tile-storing track 712 is integrally formed or fixedly connected with the first cover plate 63. The first cover plate 63 is flush with the tabletop 1 of the mahjong machine, when cards are pushed horizontally, the first lifting mechanism drives the first cover plate 63 to descend to the height matched with the card bearing plate (the second card storage rail 712), the first card pushing mechanism drives the card pushing plate to push the mahjong cards 10 on the card bearing plate (the second card storage rail 712) out to the first cover plate 63, and then the first cover plate 63 rises to the tabletop. Further preferably, the first cover 63 is longitudinally slidably disposed on the inner side of the second card storage track 712, and the first card pushing mechanism is disposed on the outer side of the flat pushing upper card holder 56.

In this embodiment, a supporting frame with a bottom cam curve is arranged below the first cover plate 63, the first lifting mechanism comprises four gears which are arranged on the flat pushing mahjong tile feeding seat 56 and are sequentially meshed for transmission, an output shaft of the second mahjong tile feeding motor is fixed with one of the gears, and lifting cranks which are matched with the bottom cam curve of the supporting frame for transmission are arranged on two outer gears of the four gears, so that the first cover plate 63 is driven to move up and down.

In this embodiment, the first card pushing mechanism includes a card pushing support, a card pushing swing rod, a rocker, a card pushing plate and a card pushing shaft, the card pushing plate is disposed on the outer side of the second card storage rail 712, the card pushing plate is slidably disposed on the guide rod through a horizontal pushing slider, and is slidably connected with the card pushing support in the front-back direction, a reset device is disposed between the horizontal pushing slider and the horizontal pushing upper card base 56, the card pushing support is located at the rear side of the horizontal pushing upper card base 56, the card pushing shaft is mounted on the card pushing support through a card pushing bearing base, the card pushing swing rod and the rocker are both fixed on the card pushing shaft, a card pushing cam is mounted on one of the inner side gears, the card pushing cam cooperates with the rocker to push the card pushing swing rod to swing, and the upper end of the card pushing swing rod is abutted against the horizontal pushing slider.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the first card storage track 711, the second card storage track 712, and the third card storage track 713 are integrally formed or fixedly connected to one card storage track 710 (part or all of the card loading support), bottom walls of the first card storage track 711, the second card storage track 712, and the third card storage track 713 are all disposed on the card storage track 710, outer side walls of the first card storage track 711 and the third card storage track 713 are formed on the card storage track 710, inner side walls of the first card storage track 711 and the third card storage track 713 are formed on an outer side wall of the card lifting support 75, a bottom wall of the second card storage track 712 is a card bearing plate, a card pushing plate is used as an outer side wall of the second card storage track 712, an inner side wall of the second card storage track 712 is integrally formed or fixedly connected to the first cover plate 63, and a receiving groove corresponding to the first cover plate 63 is formed on the card lifting support, the card feeding pushing head moves along the inner side of the card storage groove. Like this, store up the inside and outside lateral wall of tablet groove and form respectively on the part of difference, go up the tablet and push away the head setting and store up the combination department of tablet groove inside wall and bottom wall, the structure is more reasonable, and easy to assemble has reduced again that first storage tablet track 711, second store up tablet track 712 and third store up the degree of difficulty and the manufacturing cost of moulding plastics of tablet track 713.

In this embodiment, as preferred, the card feeding driving mechanism adopts the synchronous belt 78 to drive the card feeding pusher 72, including installing first card feeding motor, synchronous belt 78 and synchronous pulley on the card storage rail member 710, first card feeding motor drives the synchronous pulley to rotate, the synchronous belt 78 meshes with the synchronous pulley, the synchronous belt 78 is an open-loop type synchronous belt, the start end of the synchronous belt 78 is fixed with the card feeding pusher 72, the first card feeding motor drives the card feeding pusher 72 to move through the synchronous pulley and the synchronous belt 78, and then drives the card feeding pusher 72 to move to the card outlet of the card storage groove 71 from the card inlet of the card storage groove 71 and push the mahjong tiles 10 in the card storage groove 71 to the card lifting support plate 73 and the mahjong machine table surface 1, and the moving route of the synchronous belt track for limiting the synchronous belt is arranged on the card storage rail member 710. And preferably will go up the tablet and push away the head and fix the one end in the hold-in range in order to practice thrift the convenient drive in space to preferably first motor of playing the tablet is installed and is being close to the play tablet mouth position that stores up the tablet groove and have great thrust and guarantee that the hold-in range smoothly moves in the hold-in range track when the tablet is pushed away the head and is pushed away the tablet.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the synchronous belt track is arranged at the bottom of the card storage track part 710, the card serving base 76 is fixed below the card storage track part 710, and the synchronous belt 78 is arranged between the card storage track part 710 and the card serving base 76, so that the structure is reasonable, the installation is convenient, the guide and limit functions of the synchronous belt track are good, and the synchronous belt runs reliably and smoothly.

The upper surface of the card serving base 76 is provided with a first guide groove 761, the lower surface of the card storing track piece 710 is provided with a second guide groove 714 matched with the first guide groove 761, the card storing track piece 710 is fixedly connected with the card serving base 76 and is positioned above the card serving base 76, and the first guide groove 761 and the second guide groove 714 jointly form a synchronous belt track.

Preferably, the card feeding sliding block 77 is further arranged, the card feeding sliding block 77 is a fixing portion and a connecting portion which are integrally formed, the fixing portion is fixedly connected with the starting end of the synchronous belt 78 and moves in the synchronous belt track, and the connecting portion extends out of the synchronous belt track and is fixedly connected with the card feeding pushing head 72 or integrally formed.

Further preferably, a first groove is formed between the fixing portion and the connecting portion, the innermost side wall of the second guide groove 714 is a first side wall 715, and the first side wall 715 is matched with the first groove so as to enable the card-handing sliding block 77 to move along the first side wall 715.

Further preferably, the card-feeding pusher 72 and the fixing portion are located on the same side of the connecting portion.

Preferably, the length of the timing belt 78 is smaller than that of the first guide groove 761, and during the card loading process, the first card loading motor drives the timing belt 78 to move on the timing belt track and be always located in the first guide groove 761; the arrangement makes full use of the narrow space between the card feeding base 76 and the card storage track member 710, so that the synchronous belt 78 does not need to be rolled into a pile during the card feeding process, and the space conflict with the desktop pallet descending type horizontal pushing card feeding device 6 is avoided.

Preferably, the first sidewall 715 comprises a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is located at the inner side of the mahjong storage groove and is consistent with the conveying route of the mahjong tiles 10 on the mahjong storage groove 71, the second section is in smooth transition with the first section and ends at the outer side of the mahjong storage groove, and the length of the second section is greater than that of the mahjong tiles 10; by the arrangement, the position conflict between the tile pushing head 51 and the tile loading pushing head 72 of the stacking and pushing device 5 is avoided in the tile stacking and pushing process, and the two are avoided.

In this embodiment, the card lifting supports 75 in the square card picking and carrying system may be integrally installed after being respectively injection molded, or four card lifting supports 75 may be integrally injection molded for convenient installation.

In the present embodiment, the bottom walls of the first deck rail 711, the second deck rail 712, and the third deck rail 713 are formed on one deck rail member 710 (a part or all of the card-holding rack); the inner side walls of the first card storage rail 711 and the third card storage rail 713 are formed on the outer side wall of the card lifting support 75, all or part of the outer side wall of the second card storage rail is formed by a card pushing plate in the flat-pushing card feeding device 6, and the flat-pushing card feeding device 6 can be an in-situ flat-pushing card feeding device or a desktop pallet descending type flat-pushing card feeding device.

In the present embodiment, the outer sidewalls of the first card storage rail 711 and the third card storage rail 713 are formed on the card storage rail member 710.

In other embodiments, a cover (part or all of the card support) may be further provided, the cover is located above the card storage rail member, and part or all of the outer side walls of the first card storage rail 711 and the third card storage rail 713 are formed on the cover.

Further preferably, a part of the outer side wall of the second card storage track is formed by the card pushing plate in the flat-pushing card-pushing device 6, and another part of the outer side wall of the second card storage track is formed on the card storage track member 710 and/or the cover member and is connected with the outer side walls of the first card storage track and the third card storage track;

the other part of the outer side wall of the second card storage track can be composed of an upper part, a lower part or a left part and a right part; or the other part of the outer side wall of the second card storage rail can be in a concave shape; or, another part of the outer side wall of the second card storage rail can be in a shape of a square.

In this embodiment, the moving path of the card feeding pusher 72 includes an avoiding path and a card pushing path, the avoiding path refers to a section of the path where the card feeding pusher 72 pushes the mahjong tiles 10 stacked on the tile bearing platform 52 into the tile storage groove 71 through the tile inlet of the tile storage groove 71 to avoid the card pushing head 51, and the card pushing path refers to a section of the path where the card feeding pusher 72 pushes the mahjong tiles 10 to the card lifting support plate 73 and the mahjong table top 1 along the first tile storage rail 711, the second tile storage rail 712 and the third tile storage rail 713; preferably, when the mahjong tiles are loaded, the mahjong tile loading pushing head 72 is located on the outer side of the first mahjong tile storage track 711, the first mahjong tile loading motor drives the mahjong tile loading pushing head 72 to move inwards for a section of avoiding path to the inner side wall of the first mahjong tile storage track 711, then the first mahjong tile storage track 711, the second mahjong tile storage track 712 and the third mahjong tile storage track 713 move for a section of mahjong tile pushing path to push the mahjong tiles 10 to the tile lifting supporting plate 73 and the mahjong table top 1, and after the mahjong tile loading is completed, the first mahjong tile loading motor drives the mahjong tile loading pushing head 72 to return to the initial position in the original path.

In this embodiment, the mahjong loading process of the mahjong machine is as shown in FIGS. 6-11, wherein:

FIG. 6 is an initial state of the mahjong machine after the mahjong tiles are stored and prepared for being played;

FIG. 7 shows the first cover plate 63 of the horizontal pushing and tile feeding device 6 of the mahjong machine sinking to be flush with the second tile storage track 712;

FIG. 8 shows a state where the mahjong tiles 10 are pushed from the second tile storage rail 712 to the first cover 63 by the tile pushing plate of the mahjong machine horizontal pushing and tile loading device 6;

FIG. 9 shows a state that the first cover plate 63 of the mahjong machine horizontal pushing and tile loading device 6 is lifted to be flush with the mahjong machine table surface 1;

FIG. 10 shows a state where a tile loading pusher 72 of the slope tile loading device 7 of the mahjong machine pushes the mahjong tiles 10 along the tile storage groove 71;

FIG. 11 shows a state where the tile feeding pusher 72 of the tile feeding device 7 pushes the tiles 10 onto the mahjong table 1.

In this embodiment, the mahjong tile loading method of the mahjong machine comprises the following steps:

1) shuffling: the shuffling big disc 3 rotates to shuffle cards;

2) the mahjong tiles 10 on the shuffling large plate 3 are conveyed to the edge of the shuffling large plate 3 in the rotating process, and then are sucked up by a tile sucking wheel in the tile conveying device 4 and are conveyed out from a tile outlet after being straightened in the same direction;

3) and folding and pushing the cards: the mahjong tiles 10 are sent out from the tile sending device 4 to the tile bearing table 52 of the stacking and pushing device, the tile bearing table 52 is lifted up and down to stack the mahjong tiles 10 into a pier, the tile pushing head 51 pushes the stacked mahjong tiles 10 into the tile storage groove 71, and the steps are repeated until the M + N mahjong tiles 10 are stacked and pushed into the tile storage groove 71;

4) and (3) card feeding: the player sends out a card-feeding signal, the horizontal pushing and card-feeding device 6 firstly pushes the M-pier mahjong tiles 10 onto the mahjong machine table surface 1 and resets the M-pier mahjong tiles, and then the slope card-feeding device 7 pushes the N-pier mahjong tiles onto the mahjong machine table surface 1, and the card feeding is completed.

It should be noted that a plurality of position sensors and counting sensors are further provided to ensure the smooth proceeding of the above-mentioned mahjong tile feeding method, for example, two position sensors for detecting whether the tile lifting support plate 73 is lifted to the right, two position sensors for detecting whether the tile bearing plate is lifted to the right, two position sensors for detecting whether the tile pushing plate is translated to the right, two position sensors for detecting whether the tile feeding pushing head 72 is translated to the right, two position sensors for detecting whether the tile pushing head 51 is translated to the right, two position sensors for detecting whether the tile bearing table 52 is lifted to the right, one counting sensor for detecting whether the tile feeding device 4 feeds the number of mahjong tiles 10 corresponding to the M + N pier mahjong tiles 10, and one counting sensor for detecting whether the stacking device 5 stacks the M + N pier mahjong tiles 10 into the tile storage groove 71.

Example two:

the difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment is:

1) the card lifting assembly is not arranged;

2) the card storage groove only comprises a first card storage rail and a second card storage rail;

3) and only four outgoing mahjong tile ports which are enclosed into a rectangular shape are arranged on the tabletop of the mahjong machine.

The rest is the same as the first embodiment.

The mahjong tile loading method of the mahjong machine in the embodiment comprises the following steps:

1) the processes of shuffling, picking up, sending and stacking pushing are the same as the first mahjong loading method of the mahjong machine in the embodiment I;

2) the first time of card dealing: the player sends a card-feeding signal, the horizontal pushing card-feeding device 6 pushes the M-pier mahjong tiles on the second card storage track to the tabletop of the mahjong machine and resets the mahjong tiles to finish the first card feeding;

3) and the second time of card-playing: the mahjong tile feeding pushing head pushes the N piles of mahjong tiles to the second tile storage rail, the horizontal pushing mahjong tile feeding device 6 pushes the N piles of mahjong tiles on the second tile storage rail to the tabletop of the mahjong machine and resets, and secondary mahjong tile feeding is completed.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean 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 invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. 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 is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the principle and spirit of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A tile feeding assembly of a mahjong machine comprises a tile feeding support, a tile storage groove (71) which is arranged on the tile feeding support and used for storing mahjong tiles (10), a tile feeding pushing head (72) used for pushing the mahjong tiles (10) to be fed along the tile storage groove (71), and a tile feeding driving mechanism used for driving the tile feeding pushing head (72) to move; the method is characterized in that:

the card storage groove (71) comprises a first card storage rail (711), a second card storage rail (712) and a third card storage rail (713), the first card storage rail (711) and the third card storage rail (713) at least comprise an arc-shaped section, the first card storage rail (711) and the third card storage rail (713) are respectively positioned at two ends of the second card storage rail (712), one end of the first card storage rail (711) is a card inlet of the card storage groove (71), and one end of the third card storage rail (713) is a card outlet of the card storage groove (71); the outer side walls and the bottom walls of the first card storage rail (711) and the third card storage rail (713) are formed on the card feeding support, the inner side walls of the first card storage rail (711) and the third card storage rail (713) are formed on the outer side wall of the card lifting support, the second card storage rail (712) is a straight line segment, the bottom wall of the second card storage rail (712) is formed by a card bearing plate in the flat-pushing card feeding device (6), and the outer side wall of the second card storage rail (712) is formed by a card pushing plate in the flat-pushing card feeding device (6).

2. The mahjong tile feeding assembly of the mahjong machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mahjong tile feeding support comprises a mahjong tile storage rail member (710) and a mahjong tile feeding base (76) which are arranged up and down and fixedly connected, and a mahjong tile feeding driving mechanism is arranged between the mahjong tile storage rail member (710) and the mahjong tile feeding base (76); first storage tablet track (711), second storage tablet track (712) and third storage tablet track (713) integrated into one piece or fixed connection are in the top of storing tablet rail member (710), wherein, the bottom wall that first storage tablet track (711), second storage tablet track (712) and third storage tablet track (713) all set up on storing tablet rail member (710).

3. The tile feeding assembly of a mahjong machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flat-pushing tile feeding device (6) comprises a flat-pushing tile feeding seat (56), and a second tile feeding motor, a tile pushing plate, a tile bearing plate and a first cover plate (63) which are arranged on the flat-pushing tile feeding seat (56), the second tile feeding motor drives the first cover plate to lift up and down through a first lifting mechanism, the second tile feeding motor drives the tile pushing plate to move inwards and outwards through the first tile pushing mechanism so as to push mahjong tiles out of the tile bearing plate, and the inner side wall of the second tile storage rail (712) is integrally formed with or fixedly connected with the first cover plate (63); the first cover plate (63) is arranged on the inner side of the second mahjong storage rail (712) in a vertically sliding mode, the mahjong lifting support is provided with an accommodating groove corresponding to the first cover plate (63), the first mahjong pushing mechanism is arranged on the outer side of the flat-pushing mahjong loading seat (56), and the mahjong loading pushing head moves along the inner side of the mahjong storage groove.

4. The mahjong machine tile feeding assembly of claim 3, wherein the tile feeding driving mechanism drives the tile feeding pushing head (72) through a synchronous belt (78), and comprises a first tile feeding motor (74), a synchronous belt (78) and a synchronous belt wheel which are installed on a tile feeding support, the synchronous belt wheel is driven by the first tile feeding motor (74) to rotate, the synchronous belt (78) is meshed with the synchronous belt wheel, the tile feeding pushing head (72) is fixed on the synchronous belt (78), the first tile feeding motor (74) drives the tile feeding pushing head (72) to move through the synchronous belt wheel and the synchronous belt (78), and then drives the tile feeding pushing head (72) to move from a tile feeding port of the tile storage groove (71) to a tile discharging port of the tile storage groove (71) and push tiles (10) in the tile storage groove (71) to a tile lifting supporting plate (73) and a table top of the mahjong machine.

5. The tile feeding assembly of a mahjong machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the synchronous belt is of an open-loop structure, a synchronous belt track is arranged on the tile feeding support to limit the moving route of the synchronous belt, the tile feeding pushing head is fixed at one end of the synchronous belt, and the tile feeding motor is arranged at a tile outlet position close to the tile storage groove; the synchronous belt (78) is arranged between the card storage track piece (710) and the card feeding base (76); the mahjong tile feeding base (76) upper surface is equipped with first guide slot (761), store up tablet track spare (710) lower surface and be equipped with first guide slot (761) matched with second guide slot (714), first guide slot (761) and second guide slot (714) constitute the hold-in range track jointly.

6. The mahjong tile feeding assembly of the mahjong machine as claimed in claim 5, wherein the mahjong tile feeding slide block (77) is mounted on the synchronous belt (78), the mahjong tile feeding slide block (77) comprises an integrally formed fixing portion and a connecting portion, the fixing portion is fixedly connected with the starting end of the synchronous belt (78) and moves in the synchronous belt track, and the connecting portion extends out of the synchronous belt track and is fixedly connected with the mahjong tile feeding pushing head (72) or is integrally formed.

7. The tile feeding assembly of a mahjong machine as claimed in claim 6, wherein a first groove is formed between the fixing part and the connecting part, the innermost side wall of the second guide groove (714) is a first side wall (715), and the first side wall (715) is matched with the first groove so as to enable the tile feeding slide block (77) to move along the first side wall (715).

8. The tile feeding assembly of a mahjong machine according to claim 7, wherein the first side wall (715) comprises a first section and a second section which are integrally formed, wherein the first section is positioned at the inner side of the tile storage groove and is consistent with the conveying route of the mahjong tiles (10) on the tile storage groove (71), and the second section is smoothly transited with the first section and is terminated at the outer side of the tile storage groove.

9. The tile feeding assembly of a mahjong machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flat-pushing tile feeding device (6) comprises a flat-pushing tile feeding seat (56) and a second tile feeding motor, a tile bearing plate and a tile pushing plate which are arranged on the flat-pushing tile feeding seat (56), the second tile feeding motor drives the tile pushing plate to move inwards and outwards through a second tile pushing mechanism so as to push mahjong tiles out of the tile bearing plate, the second tile feeding motor drives the tile bearing plate to lift upwards and downwards through a second lifting mechanism, and the inner side wall of the second tile storage rail (712) is integrally formed or fixedly connected on the tile feeding support or the flat-pushing tile feeding seat (56).

10. A mahjong machine, characterized in that it comprises a tile feeding assembly of a mahjong machine according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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