JP2000084262A - Balloon production device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic balloon vending machine which is made as small in the floor area over the entire part of the device as possible. SOLUTION: This balloons production device has a balloon housing device which laminates and houses the balloons 10 before gas filling in a perpendicular direction and a gas filling device 40 which fills gas into the balloons 10 housed in this balloon housing device by moving relatively with the balloons. The balloon housing device has a fixing member 22 which is fixed at a position suitable for the gas filling device 40 for filling the gas into the balloons 10 and a housing member 25 which laminates and houses the balloons 10 and is freely attachable and detachable to and from the fixing member 22.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a balloon manufacturing apparatus, and more particularly, to a balloon center installed at a game center or an event venue, and automatically, without charge, regardless of whether it is paid or not. Related to the equipment to be manufactured

[0002]

Prior Art In describing the prior art of the present invention, the present applicant previously examined a patent application and a utility model registration application by utilizing a prior art search (Patris) of the Japan Patent Information Organization (JAPIO). The search formula is as follows. Balloon × Vending And the following technology was extracted as a related technology of the present invention.

[0003] The related technology, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-65585, relates to a "balloon vending machine". The technology is based on "a case provided with a gas filling chamber, a processing device for coins for purchase provided at a predetermined position of the case, and a balloon supply which is disposed in the case and stores a balloon using a metallized film. A box, a gas filling device for lifting the balloons in the balloon supply box one by one into a gas filling chamber and filling the balloon with gas, and supplying a predetermined amount of air and helium gas to the gas filling device at a predetermined pressure. And a gas supply system ”. FIG. 7 shows the main part.

Another related technique is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
37985 "Balloon vending machine" was extracted. The technology described in this publication discloses that, based on a customer's coin insertion and start-up operation, a balloon material suspended and stored in a folded state in a balloon storage section is transported to a charging section, and a nozzle is provided at the charging section. The balloon material is filled with gas from a member, inflated to a predetermined size, and transported to a balloon take-out section. " FIG. 8 shows the main part.

[0005] In particular, this technique includes a sold-out detection mechanism, and when there is no stock of balloons in the balloon storage section, a "sold-out" lamp is turned on, and the technique cannot be used. I have.

[0006]

When the above two technologies were verified, it was found that there were the following problems. In other words, each technology has a large footprint of the vending machine. First, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-65585 has a large lateral dimension. This is mainly due to the fact that the balloon supply box 1 storing the balloon before inflation is made horizontally long, and the balloon supply box 1 and the coin processing machine 2 are arranged in parallel. In JP-A-6-337985, the dimension in the depth direction is large. This is mainly due to the fact that the balloon before being inflated is folded, suspended and stored, and the longitudinal direction of the balloon guide member 3 for storing the balloon is set to the depth direction.

Since the installation area of a vending machine is often installed in a limited space such as a game center, it is desirable that the vending machine be smaller than a large one. However, in the above-described solution of reducing the size of the balloon supply box 1 and the balloon guide member 3, a problem that the stock amount of the balloon is reduced and the balloon is immediately "sold out" is expected to occur,
Can not be adopted.

Further, in the prior art, when a balloon is replenished in a "sold out" state, the replenishing operation cannot be easily performed. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a technique for reducing the installation area in a balloon vending machine. Here, an object of the invention described in claim 1 is to provide a balloon vending machine having a small installation area.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a balloon vending machine which can easily perform a refilling operation when refilling a balloon.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a balloon vending machine which can increase the number and types of balloons to be stored. It is still another object of the present invention to provide a balloon vending machine which can prevent an accident by not performing a gas injection operation when a stored balloon runs out. .

[0010] It is still another object of the present invention to provide a balloon vending machine capable of detecting that stored balloons have run out. It should be noted that a technique for solving the above problem could not be found by the above-described prior art search.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is to achieve the above object. (Claim 1) The invention according to claim 1 is a balloon before gas injection.
Balloon storage device (20) that stores (10) stacked vertically
And a gas filling device for injecting gas relative to the balloon (10) stored in the balloon storage device (20).
(40).

(Operation) Since the balloon storage device (20) stores the balloons (10) before gas injection in a vertically stacked manner, the overall balloon manufacturing device has a large vertical size, but a large horizontal size. Can be saved. Therefore, the installation area of the entire apparatus can be saved.

[0013] (Claim 2) The invention according to claim 2 is a limitation of the invention according to claim 1, and the balloon storage device (20)
A fixing member (22) fixed in a position suitable for gas filling device (40) to inject gas into balloon (10), and balloon (10)
And a storage member (25) detachably mounted on the fixing member (22).

(Operation) The fixing member (22) is fixed at a position suitable for the gas filling device (40) to inject gas into the balloon (10), and the storage member (25) is fixed to the fixing member. (22) It is detachable with respect to, so the storage member used when refilling balloons, etc.
(25) can be easily attached and detached.

(Claim 3) The invention according to claim 3 limits the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a contact portion between the fixing member (22) and the storage member (25) has One or both are provided with a permanent magnet, and the other when one is a permanent magnet relates to a balloon manufacturing apparatus in which the contact portion is formed of a magnetic material.

(Operation) Since the attachment / detachment method using a permanent magnet is adopted, fixing or assisting the fixation can be easily performed, so that attachment / detachment of the storage member (25) becomes easy. (Claim 4) The invention according to claim 4 limits the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the balloon storage device (20) is a disk-shaped disk member rotatable horizontally.
(21), a plurality of fixing members (22) are fixed on the upper surface of the disc member (21) at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of storage members (2
5) can be mounted, and the gas filling device (40)
Rotate (21) to select an appropriate one from the plurality of storage members (25), and select the balloon (1) stored in the selected storage member (25).
The present invention relates to a balloon manufacturing apparatus formed so that a gas can be injected into 0).

(Operation) The user of the balloon manufacturing apparatus rotates the disk member (21) to select an appropriate one from the plurality of storage members (25). Alternatively, the balloon manufacturing apparatus itself rotates the disk member (21) and selects an appropriate one from the plurality of storage members (25). Then, the gas filling device (40) injects gas into the balloon (10) stored in the selected storage member (25).

Despite the fact that a plurality of storage members (25) are to be mounted, the disk-like disk members (21) are mounted at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, so that the horizontal dimension is greatly increased. There is nothing. (Claim 5) The invention according to claim 5 limits the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, and the gas filling apparatus (40) includes a balloon (40). The present invention relates to a balloon manufacturing device provided with a balloon presence / absence detection device (contact type sensor 43) for detecting that fact when 10) is stored in a balloon storage device (20) and injecting gas.

(Operation) Since the balloon filling device (40) is provided with the balloon presence / absence detection device (43), the balloon (10) is
If it is stored in 0), this is detected and the gas is injected. When the balloon (10) is not stored in the balloon storage device (20), gas injection is not performed.

(Claim 6) The invention according to claim 6 is intended to limit the balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and to provide a balloon storage device. (2
On top of the top balloon (10) stacked on (0), the balloon (1)
A weight (19) that moves following (0) is provided, and a gas filling device (40)
The present invention relates to a balloon manufacturing apparatus provided with a final balloon detection device (weight sensor 48) for detecting when the weight (19) is located immediately above a balloon (20) into which gas is to be injected.

(Function) Balloons stacked on the balloon storage device (20)
(10) decreases each time the balloon (10) is manufactured and taken out of the balloon manufacturing apparatus. And the top balloon (10)
Is the last one. The last balloon (10) has a weight (19)
Is following.

The gas filling device (40) moves relative to the balloon storage device (20) to fill the last balloon (10) with gas. Then, the final balloon detection device (weight sensor 4) detects that the weight (19) exists immediately above the balloon (10) to which gas is to be injected.
8) detects that the balloon (19) is the last,
This balloon manufacturing apparatus can detect.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to embodiments and drawings. The drawings used here are FIGS. 1 to 6. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of the balloon storage member. 3 to 6 are side views for explaining an operation state of the present embodiment.

(Overall Configuration) In this embodiment, a balloon storage device 20 for vertically stacking and storing balloons 10 before gas injection, and a balloon 10 stored in the balloon storage device 20
Filling device 4 for moving and injecting gas
0 is a balloon manufacturing vending machine. Inside the housing,
A gas injection mechanism unit as the gas filling device 40, a balloon stock case unit as the balloon storage device 20, a power supply unit, a control unit (CPU) for controlling the overall movement, an I / O
A board, a coin sorter, etc. are provided.

(Balloon storage device 20) Balloon storage device 20
Is composed of a horizontally rotatable disk-shaped disk member 21 and 17 (one as illustrated) vertically long rectangular cylindrical storage members 25 arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the disk member 21. Have. A balloon 10 having a ring-shaped balloon port member 11 attached to its mouth for convenient gas injection inside the cylinder.
Are stacked. The balloons 10 before gas injection are vertically stacked and stored in each of the vertically long cylindrical storage members 25, and a plurality of the balloons 10 are fixed to the disk member 21, so that the entire balloon manufacturing apparatus has a vertical dimension. Although larger, the horizontal dimension can be saved, and more than one type of balloon can be prepared. Therefore, the installation area of the whole apparatus can be saved compared with the conventional balloon vending machine.

A weight 19 that moves following the balloon 10 is placed on the uppermost balloon 10 stacked on the storage member 25. The storage member 25 is made of steel, and is fixed to the upper surface of the disk member 21 by a disk fixing member 22 to which the storage member 25 is detachable. The upper portion of the storage member 25 is supported by a longitudinal support member 24 having a substantially U-shaped horizontal cross section.

The disk fixing member 22 includes a U-shaped support portion that opens the outer periphery of the disk member 21 and a permanent magnet 23 located on the back side of the support portion. The storage member 25 fits into the U-shaped support portion, and firmly fixes the storage member 25 in which the permanent magnet 23 fits. Moreover, attachment and detachment are easy.

(Gas Filling Device 40) The gas injection mechanism, which is the gas filling device 40, is built in the box-shaped base 30. The base 30 includes a slider 32 that can move toward and away from the balloon storage device 20 on the upper surface of the base 30, a rail 31 that indicates a moving direction of the slider 32, and a motor 33 that supplies moving power of the slider 32. I have.

The slider 32 has a box-shaped slider fixing member 41 fixed to the slider 32, a long hole 42 whose longitudinal direction is the moving direction of the slider 32, and a balloon in the long hole 42 on the upper surface of the slider fixing member. A contact type sensor 43 located on the side opposite to the storage device 20, an advancing / retreating member 45 provided inside the slider fixed body 41 and protruding from the balloon storage device 20 and capable of reciprocating, and moving the advancing / retreating member 45 toward the balloon storage device 20 Spring 4 biased toward
4, a long hole projection 46 protruding from the upper surface of the reciprocating member 45 and penetrating the long hole 42, and a gas injection nozzle 47 protruding from the reciprocating member 45 toward the balloon storage device 20 and injecting gas into the balloon 10. I have.

(Explanation of the Operation of the Gas Filling Device 40) The operation of the gas filling device 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. The slider 32 moves toward the balloon storage device 20 along the rail 44, and the gas injection nozzle 47 reaches the balloon port member 11 soon. However, although the slider 32 moves further, the advance / retreat member 45 cannot move. Therefore, the slider 32 contracts against the resilience of the spring 44 and the long hole projection 46
2 retracts and comes into contact with the contact sensor 43. The gas is supplied to the gas injection nozzle 47 by this contact, and the balloon 10 can be inflated. After the gas supply is completed, the balloon storage device 20 releases the balloon 10 so that the customer can take it out.

When the balloon 10 has disappeared from the balloon storage device 20, the gas injection nozzle 47 cannot be stopped at the position where the balloon port member 11 should be. The contact type sensor 43 and the long hole projection 46 do not come into contact with each other.
No gas is supplied to the Therefore, when the balloon 10 does not exist or is not at an appropriate position, gas is not injected.

(Weight Sensor) As shown in FIG. 1, a weight 19 is placed on the uppermost balloon 10 laminated on the storage member 25 in the gas filling device 40, and the weight 19 is Is provided directly above the balloon 20 to be injected with a weight sensor 48 for detecting that fact. The information detected by the weight sensor 48 can be obtained when gas is injected into the last balloon 20. CPU that received the information to that effect
Is designed so that a vending machine customer turns on a lamp indicating that it is sold out.

(Explanation of Sales Progress) A supplementary explanation of the operation as a vending machine will be given. 1) Insert a coin. Then, the counter displays the number of inserted coins, and the speaker emits a sound effect. A single sound effect is played for each unit of coin,
For example, when 100 yen is set as one unit and a 500 yen coin is inserted, five sound effects are emitted. 2) When the number of coins reaches the set number, the coin blocker is turned off. 3) The balloon selection switches (three types) flash. The speaker says, "Choose a balloon." Select the color and pattern of the balloon. For example, a button with a printed number can be pressed, such as 1: red 2: yellow 3: blue. The storage member 25 containing the balloon of the type selected by the customer is detected. Specifically, each cassette is provided with a square hole for detection, and one reflection type sensor is provided below the square hole. That sensor is the drum sensor. 4) When the customer presses the balloon selection switch, the blinking of the balloon selection switch ends. Then, the speaker says, "I'll make it now, just wait." 5) The disk member 21 rotates and confirms the home position. Then, the position of the balloon selected by the customer is searched and recognized. 6) When the slider 32 moves forward and the contact sensor 43 operates, gas is supplied. The operation when there is a balloon 10 and when there is no balloon 10 are as described above. In addition, in the case of trouble such as breakage of a balloon, gas injection is controlled by a timer so that gas does not flow out. 7) If the balloon 10 remaining in the storage member 25 is the last balloon, the weight sensor 48 detects that fact. The operation in that case is as described above.

(Various sensors and the like) The gas filling device 40 is provided with various sensors to control its movement. Specifically, you can determine your home position,
It controls the amount of movement in the horizontal direction and the amount of movement in the vertical direction.

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a balloon vending machine having a small installation area can be provided. According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, it is possible to provide a balloon vending machine that can easily perform a refilling operation when refilling a balloon.

Further, according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a balloon vending machine which can increase the number and types of balloons to be stored can be provided. Further, according to the invention described in claim 5, it is possible to provide a balloon vending machine which can prevent an accident by not performing the gas injection operation when the stored balloons are exhausted. Was.

Further, according to the invention of claim 6, it is possible to provide a balloon vending machine which can detect that the stored balloons have run out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of a balloon storage member.

FIG. 3 is a side view for explaining an operation state of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view for explaining an operation state of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view for explaining an operation state of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a side view for explaining an operation state of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a main part of a balloon vending machine disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 6-65585.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a main part of a balloon vending machine disclosed in JP-A-6-337985.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 balloon supply box 2 coin processing machine 3 balloon guide member 10 balloon 11 balloon port member 19 weight 20 balloon storage device 21 disk member 22 disk fixing member 23 permanent magnet 24 longitudinal support member 25 storage member 30 base 31 rail 32 slider 33 motor Reference Signs List 40 gas filling device 41 slider fixed body 42 long hole 43 contact sensor 44 spring 45 advance / retreat member 46 long hole projection 47 gas injection nozzle 48 weight sensor

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A balloon storage device for storing balloons before gas injection in a vertically stacked state, and a gas filling device for moving the balloon relative to the balloon stored in the balloon storage device to inject gas. A balloon manufacturing device provided with a device. 2. A balloon storage device, comprising: a fixed member fixed at a position suitable for a gas filling device to inject gas into a balloon; a balloon stacked and stored; The balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a detachable storage member. 3. A contact portion between the fixed member and the storage member, wherein one or both of the contact portions are provided with a permanent magnet, and when one is a permanent magnet, the other is formed of a magnetic material. Item 3. The balloon manufacturing apparatus according to Item 2. 4. A balloon storage device includes a horizontally rotatable disk-shaped disk member, and a plurality of fixed members are fixed on an upper surface of the disk member at equal circumferential intervals so that a plurality of storage members can be mounted. The gas filling device is formed such that the disk member is rotated to select an appropriate one from the plurality of storage members, and gas can be injected into the balloons stored in the selected storage member. The balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3. 5. The gas filling device according to claim 1, further comprising a balloon presence / absence detection device which, when the balloon is stored in the balloon storage device, detects the fact and injects the gas.
The balloon manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 or 4. 6. A weight that moves following the balloon is provided on the uppermost balloon stacked in the balloon storage device, and the gas filling device has the weight directly above the balloon to which gas is to be injected. 6. The balloon manufacturing device according to claim 1, further comprising a final balloon detection device for detecting the fact in the case of (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5).