JP2000317099A - Ball counting and dispensing method and device for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To dispense lent balls and prize balls separately from each other by a single motor device. SOLUTION: Balls stored in ball tank 91 are supplied to the ball counting and dispensing device 93 after being aligned into two streams inside a ball alignment rail 92 while distinguishing them for gift balls and lent balls. The ball counting and dispensing device 93 selectively dispenses the gift balls or lent balls by selectively driving any one of a ball feeding member for gift ball and a ball feeding member for left ball by switching the forward/backward rotating direction of a single power device 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball counting and paying method for a pachinko machine that pays out a lending ball and a prize ball to a ball tray of a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ball counting and dispensing apparatus for a pachinko machine that pays out a lending ball and a prize ball to a ball tray of a pachinko machine is paid out together with a prize ball when a player receives a lending ball during play. Therefore, the player cannot confirm whether or not the predetermined amount of the lending ball has been paid out. Therefore, conventionally, a common dispensing device has been used, and it is required to use separate dispensing devices. However, if a separate dispensing device is used, two power devices such as a motor are required, and there is a problem that the device becomes large and the cost increases.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and provides a ball counting and paying method for a pachinko machine capable of paying out a lending ball and a prize ball separately with a single power unit. It was made to provide a device.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a ball counting and dispensing method for a pachinko machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is a method for counting and discharging balls stored in a ball tank provided on the back of a pachinko machine. The ball counting and dispensing device is arranged in two rows in the ball arranging rail and is supplied to the ball counting and dispensing device while the ball counting and dispensing device is divided into prize balls and lending balls. Thus, one of the ball sending member for prize balls and the ball sending member for lending is selectively driven to selectively pay out prize balls or lending balls.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball counting and dispensing apparatus for a pachinko machine, which receives a ball from an introduction portion by a rotating action, and transfers the ball to a delivery portion for delivery. In a ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine comprising a sending member, a power device for giving a rotating action to the ball sending member, and a counting device for counting the number of balls led out by the ball sending member, two sets of ball sending members are provided. Has a structure in which one of the ball sending members pays out a ball by one rotating action, and the other ball sending member has a structure in which the ball is sent out by a rotating action in a direction opposite to that of the one ball sending member. One-way rotation transmission means is provided which receives the rotational torque of the device only in the direction in which the ball can be dispensed and does not receive the other rotational torque, and is driven by a pair of power devices capable of rotating forward and reverse. It is an butterfly.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball counting and dispensing apparatus for a pachinko machine, which receives a ball from an introduction portion by a rotating action, and transfers the ball to a delivery portion for delivery. In a ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine comprising a sending member, a power device for giving a rotating action to the ball sending member, and a counting device for counting the number of balls led out by the ball sending member, a single power capable of rotating forward and reverse. An apparatus and two sets of ball sending members for transferring balls by rotating in the same direction are provided. Each of the ball sending members receives a rotational torque only in a direction in which each ball can be dispensed. A one-way rotation transmitting means that does not accept torque is provided, and a rotation direction reversing means is provided between the power unit and one of the ball sending members, and one of the two sets of ball sending members is provided by forward and reverse rotation of the power unit. on the other hand It is characterized in that the rotating body.

According to the present invention, with a single power plant,
The lending ball and the prize ball can be paid out by separate ball sending members.

[0008]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a view showing the back side of a pachinko machine, where 91 is a ball tank, 92 is a ball alignment rail, and 93 is a ball counting and dispensing device. Balls are supplied to the ball tank 91 from a supply gutter (not shown), and are arranged in a ball alignment rail 92 having a planar shape as shown in FIG. Then, it is supplied to the ball counting and paying device 93. The flow of balls in two rows is symmetrical in the ball alignment rail 92, and is also symmetrical in the ball counting and dispensing device 93 as described below, so that each ball dispensing characteristic is the same. preferable.

The ball counting and dispensing device 93 is configured to selectively rotate a ball sending member for prize balls and a ball sending member for lending by a single power unit 3, and details thereof will be described below. As described. The balls supplied from the ball alignment rail 92 to the ball counting and paying device 93 for the prize balls are the power unit 3
When the power unit 3 rotates in the opposite direction, the ball that is paid out by the ball sending member for the prize ball when supplied in the specific direction and is supplied from the ball alignment rail 92 to the ball counting and paying device 93 for ball lending is used. Is paid out by a ball sending member for lending.
As described above, by rotating the single power unit 3 forward or backward, the prize ball and the lending ball can be paid out separately.

As described above, a ball counting and paying device 93 capable of paying out a prize ball and a lending ball separately by rotating the single power unit 3 forward or reversely has the structure of claim 3. 4 structure. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ball counting and dispensing device, the ball sending member for the prize ball and the ball sending member for the lending ball rotate in opposite directions. And the ball sending member for the ball lending rotate in the same direction. Hereinafter, each ball counting and paying device will be described in detail.

FIGS. 3 to 10 show a first embodiment of the ball counting and dispensing apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view at the center, and FIG. , And FIG.
FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine, and 2 and 2 denote two sets of ball sending members provided in the main body 1. The ball is received from the introduction section 4 by the rotating action driven by the power unit 3, and the ball is transferred to the lead-out section 5 to be led out, counted by the counting device 6, and then sent to the ball tray. Each ball sending member 2 is of a so-called rotor type in which a plurality of ball holding portions 2b for receiving the balls are provided on the outer periphery of the rotating body 2a and the balls are taken in and out in the radial direction of rotation. The ball holding portion 2b may be a single ball, and at least one ball holding portion 2b of both the ball sending members 2 is provided with a plurality to provide a difference in payout speed between the prize ball and the lending ball. Can also.

The two ball sending members 2 and 2 support the shaft hole 2c of the rotating body 2a on a single shaft 7 driven by the power unit 3, and the two ball sending members 2 and 2 and the shaft 7 One of the ball sending members 2 pays out the ball by one (right) rotating action by the one-way rotation transmitting means 8, 8 provided between the other ball sending member 2 and the one ball sending member 2. The ball is paid out by the rotation action in the opposite direction (left direction). That is, the one-way rotation transmission means 8 accepts the rotational torque of the power unit 3 only in the direction in which the ball can be dispensed from the ball sending members 2 and 2, and does not accept the other rotational torque. This is called a one-way clutch.

With the above-described structure, the ball sending member 2 receives the ball from the introduction portion 4 by a rotating action driven by a pair of power devices 3 capable of normal and reverse rotation, and transfers the ball to the outlet portion 5. It is transported, derived, counted by the counting device 6 and sent to the ball tray. According to the present invention, since two sets of ball sending members 2 are provided, one ball sending member 2 can be used for paying out rental balls, and the other ball sending member 2 can be used for paying out prize balls. . The two ball delivery members 2 and 2 support the shaft hole 2c of the rotating body 2a on a single shaft 7 driven by the power unit 3 so that the two ball delivery members 2 and 2 are located between the two ball delivery members 2 and the shaft 7. One of the ball sending members 2 pays out the ball by one (right) rotating action by the provided one-way rotation transmitting means 8, 8, and the other ball sending member 2 is in the opposite direction to the one ball sending member 2 ( Since the ball is paid out by the rotating action (left), even if the power unit 3 is driven at the time of paying out the lending ball, only one ball sending member 2 rotates and the other ball sending member 2 rotates. No, only the lending ball will be paid out. Conversely, even if the power unit 3 is driven at the time of paying out a prize ball, only the other ball sending member 2 rotates and one ball sending member 2 does not rotate, so that only the prize ball is paid out. . In addition, when a player requests payout of a lending ball during a game, if there is a winning ball, giving priority to the payout of the lending ball may be based on whether a predetermined amount of lending ball has been paid out. It is convenient to confirm.

Next, a specific example of the one-way rotation transmitting means 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 show a convex or concave engaging portion provided on a nail sliding portion of a mating component by a locking claw operated by rotation of an elastic body or by bending of the claw itself. In addition, a so-called ratchet clutch which is engaged in one direction and deviates in one direction. FIG. 6 shows an example of this. A ratchet wheel provided with a locking claw 32 provided on the peripheral surface of a rotating cylindrical body 31 fitted and fixed to the shaft 7 with the tip directed toward the outer periphery by the bending of the claw itself. 30 is fitted to the drum portion 21 stretched on the base end side of the ball sending member 2,
When the ratchet wheel 30 rotates toward the forward side of the locking claw 32, the tip end surface of the locking claw 32 engages with the convex engaging portion 23 provided on the claw sliding portion 22 formed on the inner surface of the drum portion 21. The ball delivery member 2 receives the rotation torque and rotates around the shaft 7 to perform a ball payout operation. Further, when the ratchet wheel 30 rotates toward the base end side of the locking claw 32, the locking claw 32 is free to rotate within the drum portion 21 only by sliding on the claw sliding portion 22, and the ball sending member 2 is rotated. Are those that do not accept the rotational torque and do not perform the ball payout action.

Next, in another example of the ratchet clutch shown in FIG. 7, a base end of a locking claw 35 is pivotally supported on a peripheral surface of a rotating disk 34 fitted and fixed to the shaft 7, and the engagement is performed. A drum portion in which a ratchet wheel 30 in which a pushing spring 35 a for urging the tip of the stop claw 35 toward the outer periphery is interposed between the rotating disk 34 and the locking claw 35 is stretched to the base end side of the ball sending member 2. When the ratchet wheel 30 is rotated toward the front side of the locking claw 35 by fitting into the engaging portion 21, the distal end surface of the locking claw 35 is formed in a concave portion provided on the claw sliding portion 22 formed on the inner surface of the drum portion 21. (See FIG. 7).
(See (A)) The ball sending member 2 receives the rotational torque and
To perform the payout action of the ball. When the ratchet wheel 30 rotates toward the base end side of the locking claw 35, the locking claw 35 only slides on the claw sliding portion 22 (FIG. 7).
(See (B)) The ball sending member 2 rotates freely in the drum portion 21 and does not receive the rotational torque, and does not perform the ball payout operation.

The one-way rotation transmitting means 8 shown in FIGS.
Is a so-called spring clutch in which the coil portion 36a of the coil spring 36 is wound around the outer diameter of the shaft 7, and one end of the coil spring 36 is engaged with the base end surface of the ball sending member 2 on the driven side. The coil spring 36 rotates in one direction of the shaft 7, that is, in a direction in which one end of the coil spring 36 is attracted (see FIG. 9A). The ball 7 is tightened and rotated with the rotation of the shaft 7, and the ball sending member 2 receives the rotational torque and rotates about the shaft 7 to perform the ball payout operation. When the shaft 7 is rotated in the opposite direction (see FIG. 9B), the coil 36a does not tighten the shaft 7, so that the shaft 7 rotates freely and the ball sending member 2 reduces the rotational torque. It will not be accepted.

The one-way rotation transmitting means 8 shown in FIG. 10 is generally called a ball clutch type or a roll clutch type. The one-way rotation transmitting means 8 is provided with an outer peripheral surface of a rotating body 37 fixed to the shaft 7 and a base end side of the ball sending member 2. A gap 39 in which the clearance 38 expands or contracts in one of the rotating surfaces, that is, the drum 21, that is opposed to the inner peripheral surface of the drum portion 21, which is stretched, with a slight clearance 38 therebetween. And a ball or roller-shaped locking action body 40 is inserted into the space 39, and the locking action body 40 is
When the clear lance 38 of FIG. 9 is urged in the decreasing direction (see FIG. 10 (A)), the ball sending member 2 receives the rotational torque and rotates around the shaft 7 to perform the discharging operation of the ball. When the rotating body 37 rotates in the opposite direction, when the locking action body 40 is urged in the direction in which the clearance 38 of the gap 39 expands (see FIG. 10B), the rotating body 4 is rotated.
Numeral 0 indicates that the ball is not rotated and the ball sending member 2 does not receive the rotational torque, and does not perform the ball payout operation. It is preferable to use the same one-way rotation transmitting means 8 for the two sets of ball sending members 2 and 2 in terms of manufacturing and parts management, but different ones may be used.

FIGS. 11 to 13 show a second embodiment of the ball counting and dispensing device according to the third aspect, in which two sets of ball sending members 2, 2 and one-way rotation transmitting means 8, 8 are respectively connected. It is supported by separate shafts 7, 7, and is connected to gears 9, 9 provided at the base ends of both shafts 7, 7 via a power transmission means formed by meshing with a gear 10 provided on a rotating shaft 3 a of the power unit 3. The rotational force of the power unit 3 is transmitted to both shafts 7 and 7 and then transmitted to the respective ball sending members via one-way rotation transmitting means 8 and 8. This is the same as the embodiment.

FIG. 14 shows a third embodiment of the ball counting and dispensing device according to the third aspect of the present invention, in which a ball sending member 2 is provided with a spiral ball feed groove 2d provided on the outer periphery of a rotating body 2a. It is a screw type, and the other configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment. Further, the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 15 is of a so-called screw type in which a helical ball feed groove 2d is provided on the outer periphery of a rotating body 2a.
In the ball counting and paying device according to the second to fourth embodiments, the lending ball and the prize ball can be selectively paid out in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Things. Note that at least one of the ball feed grooves 2d of the two ball sending members 2, 2 may be provided with, for example, a two-threaded screw or the like, so as to provide a difference in payout speed between the prize ball and the lending ball.

Next, an embodiment of a ball counting and dispensing apparatus according to a fourth aspect will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a central longitudinal sectional view, FIG.
Is an exploded perspective view. In this embodiment, two sets of ball delivery members 6 that rotate in the same direction to transfer balls on a common shaft 50 that is rotated by a single power unit 3 that can rotate forward and backward.
0 a and 60 b are provided rotatably with respect to the shaft 50. One-way rotation transmitting means 8a of left ball sending member 60a
Is fitted to the non-circular portion 51 of the shaft 50,
When the power unit 3 rotates the shaft 50 in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow in the illustrated example, the ball delivery member 60a on the left side can be rotated in the clockwise direction.

However, the one-way rotation transmitting means 8b of the ball sending member 60b on the right side is not fixed to the shaft 50, but is fixed to a gear 52 which can freely rotate on the shaft 50. This gear 52 has a shaft 53 parallel to the shaft 50 as shown in FIG.
The idle gear 54 meshes with an idle gear 56 that can rotate on another shaft 55. Further, an idle gear 57 integrated with the idle gear 56 meshes with a gear 58 fixed to the shaft 50 rotated by the power unit 3.

The gear train constituted by these gears reverses the rotation direction of the shaft 50 as shown in FIG.
To rotate. Therefore, when the power unit 3 rotates the shaft 50 in the clockwise direction indicated by the arrow, the one-way rotation transmitting means 8b
Is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, and at this time, the rotational force is not transmitted to the right ball sending member 60b. However, when the power unit 3 rotates the shaft 50 in the counterclockwise direction, the one-way rotation transmission means 8b is rotated in the clockwise direction, and the ball sending member 60b on the right side is rotated in the clockwise direction. At this time, since the one-way rotation transmitting means 8a of the left ball sending member 60a is rotated counterclockwise, no rotational force is transmitted to the left ball sending member 60a.

In this ball counting and dispensing device, only one of the two sets of ball sending members 60a and 60b can be rotated in the same direction by the forward / reverse rotation of the power unit 3. The advantage of this is that as shown in FIG.
a, the ball can be discharged to the same side of 60b. In the ball counting and paying device according to the fourth aspect, the various one-way rotation transmitting means described in the third aspect can be used.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that a lending ball and a prize ball can be paid out separately by rotating a single power unit in the normal and reverse directions.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a ball alignment rail.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a first embodiment of the invention of claim 3;

FIG. 4 is a view as viewed in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view taken in the direction of arrows BB in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 shows a ratchet clutch of one-way rotation transmission means.
It is a figure showing an example.

FIG. 7 is a view showing another example of the ratchet clutch of the one-way rotation transmitting means.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing an example of a spring clutch of the one-way rotation transmitting means.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing an example of a spring clutch of the one-way rotation transmitting means.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing one example of a ball clutch and a roll clutch of the one-way rotation transmitting means.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a second embodiment of the third invention.

FIG. 12 is a transverse sectional view showing a second embodiment of the invention of claim 3;

FIG. 13 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a second embodiment of the invention of claim 3;

FIG. 14 is a cross sectional view showing a third embodiment of the third invention.

FIG. 15 is a transverse sectional view showing a fourth embodiment of the third invention.

FIG. 16 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 4;

FIG. 17 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the fourth invention.

18 is a view as viewed in the direction of arrows CC in FIG. 16;

FIG. 19 is a view as viewed in the direction of the arrows DD in FIG. 16;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 The main body of the ball counting and dispensing apparatus for pachinko machines 2 Ball sending member 2a Rotating body 2b Ball holding part 2c Shaft hole 2d Ball feed groove 3 Power device 3a Rotating shaft 4 Introducing part 5 Outgoing part 6 Counting device 7 Axis 7 8 Unidirectional rotation Transmission means 21 Drum part 22 Claw sliding part 23 Engaging part 30 Claw wheel 31 Rotating cylinder 32 Locking claw 34 Rotating disk 35 Locking claw 35a Push spring 36 Coil spring 36a Coil part 37 Rotating body 38 Clearance 39 Air gap 40 Locking Action Body 50 Shaft 51 Non-Circular Part 52 Gear 53 Shaft 54 Idle Gear 55 Shaft 56 Idle Gear 57 Idle Gear 58 Gear 60a Ball Delivery Member 60b Ball Delivery Member 91 Ball Tank 92 Ball Alignment Rail 93 Ball Counting and Dispensing Device

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takumi Maejima 1F, Shitojima, Saito, Oso, Fuso-cho, Niwa-gun, Aichi Prefecture 20F term (reference) 2C088 BA13 BA17 BA32 BA65

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A ball counting and dispensing device which sorts balls stored in a ball tank provided on the back of a pachinko machine into two rows in a ball alignment rail while dividing the balls into balls for prize balls and balls for lending. The ball counting and dispensing device selectively drives one of the ball sending member for the prize ball and the ball sending member for the lending ball by switching the rotation direction of the single power device between normal and reverse. A ball counting and paying method for a pachinko machine, characterized by selectively paying out prize balls or lending balls. 2. The ball counting and dispensing method for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the flow of balls in two rows is symmetrical in the ball aligning rail and the ball counting and dispensing device, and the ball dispensing characteristics are the same. 3. A ball sending member for receiving a ball from an introduction portion by a rotating action, transferring the ball to an outlet portion, and delivering the ball, a power device for applying a rotating action to the ball sending member, and a ball sending member. In a ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine comprising a counting device for counting balls, two sets of ball sending members are provided, one of the ball sending members pays out a ball by one rotating action, and the other ball sending member is the one ball. The ball is discharged by a rotating action in the opposite direction to the sending member. Each ball sending member receives the rotating torque of the power unit only in a direction in which the discharging action of each ball can be performed, and receives the other rotating torque. A ball counting and dispensing apparatus for a pachinko machine, wherein the apparatus is provided with a one-way rotation transmitting means and is driven by a pair of power devices capable of rotating forward and backward. 4. A ball delivery member for receiving a ball from an introduction portion by a rotating action, transferring the ball to a delivery portion, and delivering the ball to the delivery portion, a power device for applying a rotating action to the ball delivery member, and a ball delivery member. In a ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine comprising a counting device for counting balls, a single power device that can be rotated forward and backward, and two sets of ball sending members that rotate in the same direction and transfer the balls are provided. The ball sending member is provided with a one-way rotation transmitting means that accepts the rotational torque only in the direction in which each ball can be dispensed, and does not accept the other rotating torque. A ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine, characterized in that a rotation direction reversing means is provided therebetween and only one of two sets of ball sending members is rotated by forward and reverse rotation of a power unit. 5. Two sets of ball sending members and one-way rotation transmitting means are provided on one axis, and the rotational force of the shaft is transmitted to the ball sending members via the respective one-way rotation transmitting means. 4. The ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine according to claim 3, wherein the rotational force of a power device capable of rotating forward and reverse is transmitted. 6. The two sets of ball sending members and the one-way rotation transmitting means are supported by separate shafts, respectively, and the rotational force of the power unit is transmitted to the respective ball sending members via the one-way rotation transmitting means. 4. The ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine according to claim 3, wherein the device is configured to transmit the information to a pachinko machine. 7. Two sets of ball sending members and one-way rotation transmitting means are provided on one axis, and the rotational force in the positive direction of the shaft is transmitted to one one-way rotation transmitting means, and the rotational force in the opposite direction of the axis is 5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the rotation direction is reversed by a gear train to make the rotation in the same direction as the one-way rotation transmitting means, and then to the other one-way rotation transmitting means fitted to the shaft. Ball counting and dispensing device for pachinko machines. 8. A convex or concave shape in which at least one one-way rotation transmitting means is provided with a locking claw, which is operated by rotation of an elastic body or by bending of the claw itself, provided on a claw sliding portion of a mating part. The ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the device is a so-called ratchet clutch which is engaged with the engaging portion in one direction and is displaced in one direction. 9. The spring clutch according to claim 3, wherein at least one one-way rotation transmitting means is a so-called spring clutch in which a coil spring is wound around an outer diameter of a shaft, and one end of the coil spring is engaged with a driven side. Ball counting and dispensing device for pachinko machines. 10. At least one one-way rotation transmitting means is provided with a space on one of the rotating surfaces opposed by a slight clearance so that the clearance increases or decreases in the direction of rotation of the surface. 4. A structure in which a roller-like locking member is inserted and the locking member is urged in a direction in which clearance of the gap is reduced.
Or the ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine according to 4. 11. The pachinko machine according to claim 3, wherein the ball sending member is a so-called rotor type in which a ball holding portion for receiving the ball is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating body and the ball is taken in and out in the radial direction of rotation. Ball counting and dispensing device for machines. 12. The ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine according to claim 3, wherein the ball sending member is a so-called screw type in which a spiral ball feeding groove is provided on the outer periphery of the rotating body. 13. The ball feeder according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the ball sending members has a plurality of ball holding portions or ball feed grooves.
3. The ball counting and dispensing device for a pachinko machine according to 2.