JP2003190436A - Test line frame supplying apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To supply game machine frames from a wagon to a test line. <P>SOLUTION: In a state where the wagon 1 loading a plurality of game machine frames 11 in parallel is supplied to a wagon carrying in part 28, a wagon carrying mechanism 22 carries the wagon 1 in one direction. When a frame detector 23 detects reaching of a leading game machine frame 11 on the wagon 1 to a position corresponding to a frame vertically moving mechanism 26, a position determining mechanism 24 restrains the wagon with the stoppage of the carrying mechanism 22, and a lower frame carrying mechanism 25 moves the leading game machine frame 11 from the wagon 1 to the moving mechanism 26 stopping at a lower limit position. Thereafter, the moving mechanism 26 is raised, the game machine frames 11 reach an upper limit position corresponding to the test line 47 and the moving mechanism 26 stops. Then, an upper frame carrying mechanism 27 moves the game machine frames 11 from the moving mechanism 26 stopping at the upper limit position to the test line 47. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for supplying a gaming machine frame to an inspection line when manufacturing a gaming machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When manufacturing a game machine such as a pachinko machine, after a game board on which front parts and back parts are assembled is assembled on a game machine frame called a frame-shaped front frame on an inspection line, In a state where the balls are supplied to the upper plate provided on the front surface of the gaming machine frame and the power is supplied to the control device, the operator operates a ball firing operation mechanism called a handle grip provided on the front surface of the gaming machine frame. By this, the ball launching mechanism provided inside the gaming machine frame launches the ball supplied from the upper plate with a launching force according to the operation amount of the ball launching operation mechanism, and the ball is provided as a front part of the game board. Whether or not the game area normally flows down, whether or not the symbol display device operates normally along with the winning of the winning part of the ball flowing down the game region, the definite symbols of the symbol display device have been hit Variable winning case It is known to perform a live fire tests such as whether or not work properly. The front parts are guide rails, board decorations, prize parts, center decorations, pattern display devices, variable prize parts such as attackers and big prize holes, windmills, outlets and game nails, and the back parts are set boards, aggregates. A gutter and a control device.

[0003]

However, when the gaming machine frame is supplied to the inspection line supply section, a trolley in which a plurality of gaming machine frames are loaded is placed near the inspection line supply section from the frame delivery place of the gaming machine manufacturing factory. After transporting and stopping, the gaming machine frame is manually transported from the cart to the inspection line supply unit one by one, but in the gaming machine frame supplied to the inspection line, the ball launching operation mechanism, the ball launching mechanism, the upper plate , The lower plate and all parts necessary for actual shooting are attached, so the game machine frame is more than 10 kg.
It is of a heavy weight, and it is a heavy labor to manually supply the gaming machine frame from the trolley to the inspection line supply section one by one, which causes a problem that the burden on the worker is large.

Therefore, the present invention provides an inspection line frame supply device capable of appropriately supplying the game machine frames from the carriage to the inspection line one by one.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a trolley transport mechanism for transporting a trolley in which a plurality of gaming machine frames are loaded in parallel in one direction at a trolley loading section, and a gaming machine frame on the trolley. A frame detector that detects when it reaches the position corresponding to the lifting mechanism, and a position determination mechanism that restrains the carriage by detecting the gaming machine frame when the frame detector reaches the position that corresponds to the frame lifting mechanism, and the position The lower frame transfer mechanism that transfers the gaming machine frame on the bogie that is restrained by the determination mechanism from the bogie to the frame lifting mechanism that is stopped at the lower limit position, and the inspection line that rises when the gaming machine frame is moved from the bogie A frame elevating mechanism that stops at the upper limit position corresponding to the above, and an upper frame transfer mechanism that transfers the gaming machine frame from the frame elevating mechanism that is stopped at the upper limit position to the inspection line when the frame elevating mechanism stops Depending on the carriage transport mechanism, position Constant mechanism, the lower frame transport mechanism, are repeated series of operations of the frame lift mechanism and the upper frame transport mechanism can be appropriately supplied one by one body on the inspection line multiple gaming machine frame from the truck. Further, in the present invention, the trolley is passed to the front and rear walls, and the front and rear walls that are erected from the bottom, the wheels that are provided on the bottom, and the strip plate-shaped bottom that is wider than the gaming machine frame. An upper support, a storage formed by the bottom, the front and rear walls, and the upper support frame, which is open to the side, and a bottom and the upper support, which are provided in parallel in the front-rear direction at regular intervals in parallel with each other. If you have upper and lower grooves that accept from the direction, you can stack multiple gaming machine frames in parallel at regular intervals while supporting the gaming machine frame in the upper and lower grooves, and the gaming machine frame does not appear outside the bottom part. As described above, by loading the gaming machine frame on the bogie, even if the bottom of the bogie comes into contact with surrounding equipment when the gaming machine frame is carried by the bogie, the gaming machine frame does not come into contact with surrounding equipment. Can be protected. Further, in the present invention, if the elevating body of the frame elevating mechanism is provided with upper and lower elevating grooves for receiving the gaming machine frame from the lateral direction, the frame elevating mechanism supports the gaming machine frame with the upper and lower grooves for inspection. Can be properly supplied to the line.

[0006]

1 to 3 show an embodiment, FIG. 1 shows the appearance of an inspection line frame supply device 21, FIG. 2 shows the appearance of a trolley 1, and FIG. 3 shows the inspection line frame. The side surface of the supply apparatus 21 is shown.

The trolley 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
The trolley 1 is a strip-shaped bottom portion 2 having a wider width than the gaming machine frame 11.
Front and rear walls 4 and 5 provided with wheels 3 on the bottom and erected from the bottom 2.
The upper support 6 passed to the bottom 2 and the front and rear walls 4; 5
The upper support 6 and the upper support 6 form a storage portion 7 which is open to the side, and the bottom 2 and the upper support 6 are provided with upper and lower grooves 8 and 9 for receiving the gaming machine frame 11 in the lateral direction at regular intervals. The structure is fixed in parallel. The gaming machine frame 11 has upper and lower grooves 8; 9
By fitting the front parts 12 such as panel frames and upper plates and lower plates provided in each of the plurality of gaming machine frames 11 in one direction, the plurality of gaming machine frames 11 The carts 1 are loaded in parallel.

The upper support 6 and the upper groove 8 are the bottom 2 and the lower groove 9.
The width is narrower than that of the bottom portion 2 and the lower groove 9
2 and the upper side of the lower groove 9 is open from the upper support body 6 and the upper groove 8, so that when loading the gaming machine frame 11 into the trolley 1, a virtual line is shown in FIG. As shown by, the gaming machine frame 11 is mounted on the upper support 6 and the upper groove 8.
In order not to interfere with the lower one side of the gaming machine frame 11, the lower groove 9
Since the gaming machine frame 11 can be pushed along the lower groove 9 and the upper portion of the gaming machine frame 11 can be fitted into the upper groove 8, the gaming machine frame 11 can be easily loaded into the trolley 1. . Further, since the width of the bottom portion 2 is wider than that of the gaming machine frame 11, by loading the gaming machine frame 11 onto the trolley 1 so that the gaming machine frame 11 does not go outside the bottom portion 2,
When the gaming machine frame 11 is carried by the trolley 1, the bottom portion 2 of the trolley 1
Even if the player makes contact with surrounding equipment, the gaming machine frame 11
Can be protected from contact with surrounding equipment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the inspection line frame supply device 21
Will be described. The inspection line frame supply device 21 includes a carriage transport mechanism 22, a frame detector 23, a position determination mechanism 24, a lower frame transport mechanism 25, a frame elevating mechanism 26, and an upper frame transport mechanism 27 in front of the inspection line 47. The trolley 1 in which a plurality of gaming machine frames 11 are loaded in parallel is supplied to the trolley carry-in section 28 of the inspection line frame feeding device 21 from the frame delivery place of the gaming machine manufacturing factory while traveling on the wheels 3. In that state, the carriage transport mechanism 22 intermittently repeats driving and stopping in the direction of the arrow X1 to carry the carriage 1 in one direction inside the carriage loading section 28, and the leading gaming machine frame 11 on the carriage 1.
When the frame detector 23 detects that the frame has reached the position corresponding to the frame elevating mechanism 26, the carriage transport mechanism 22 stops and the position determining mechanism 24 restrains the carriage 1, and the lower frame transport mechanism 25 leads the game. The machine frame 11 is transferred from the bogie 1 to the frame elevating mechanism 26 stopped at the lower limit position.

After the gaming machine frame 11 is transferred from the trolley 1 to the frame elevating mechanism 26, the trolley transport mechanism 22 indicates the arrow X1.
The carriage 1 is conveyed in one direction inside the carriage loading portion 28 by intermittently repeating driving and stopping in the direction, and the next gaming machine frame 11 on the carriage 1 reaches a position corresponding to the frame lifting mechanism 26. Is detected by the frame detector 23, the carriage transport mechanism 22 stops. In parallel with this, the frame elevating mechanism 26 rises, the gaming machine frame 11 reaches the upper limit position corresponding to the inspection line 47, and when the frame elevating mechanism 26 stops, the upper frame transport mechanism 27 causes the gaming machine frame 11 to reach the upper limit. The frame elevating mechanism 26 stopped at the position is moved to the inspection line 47. After the gaming machine frame 11 is transferred from the frame elevating mechanism 26 to the inspection line 47, the frame elevating mechanism 26 descends from the upper limit position and stops at the lower limit position. After that, the lower frame transport mechanism 25 transfers the next gaming machine frame 11 from the carriage 1 to the frame elevating mechanism 26 stopped at the lower limit position. Such a series of operations of the carriage transport mechanism 22, the position determination mechanism 24, the lower frame transport mechanism 25, the frame elevating mechanism 26, and the upper frame transport mechanism 27 are controlled by a controller (not shown) that inputs a signal from the frame detector 23. By being controlled and repeated, the plurality of gaming machine frames 11 are integrally supplied from the carriage 1 to the inspection line 47.

Next, the carriage transport mechanism 22, the frame detector 23,
Position determination mechanism 24, lower frame transport mechanism 25, frame lifting mechanism 26
Each of the upper frame transport mechanism 27 will be described in detail. The trolley transport mechanism 22 is the device main body 2 that constitutes the trolley loading unit 28.
9 is provided with a carriage transportation drive unit 30 such as an air cylinder extending in the lateral direction, and a carriage transport body 31 provided in the carriage transport drive unit 30 is driven by the carriage transport drive unit 30 in the arrow X1 direction. By repeating intermittently and stopping, the carriage carrier 31 pushes the rear wall 5 of the carriage 1 and conveys the carriage 1 in one direction. The frame detector 23 moves from the cart 1 to the frame lifting mechanism 26.
The gaming machine frame 11 to be transferred to the upper frame lifting mechanism 26
An electric signal which detects that a predetermined position corresponding to the lower elevating grooves 42 and 43 has been reached is output to the control device. Position determination mechanism 2
4 is provided with a position determination drive unit 33 such as an air cylinder provided in the apparatus main body 29 so as to be located on the opposite side of the carriage transfer drive unit 30 of the carriage transfer mechanism 22.
The position determining body 34 provided in 3 is projected by the position determining drive section 33 into the carriage loading section 28 inside the apparatus main body 29 to receive the gaming machine frame 11 or the lower groove 9 of the carriage 1 and thereby the carriage carrier 31 and the carriage. The trolley 1 is restrained so as not to move in such a manner as to sandwich the trolley 1.

The lower frame transfer mechanism 25 is provided with a lower frame transfer drive unit 37 such as an air cylinder provided inside an apparatus main body 36 that connects the carriage loading unit 28 and the inspection line 47. The lower frame carrier 38 provided has an arrow X1.
By moving in the direction of the inspection line 47 from the side of the carriage loading section 28 indicated by the arrow X2 orthogonal to the direction, the lower frame carrier 38 moves the gaming machine frame 11 corresponding to the frame lifting mechanism 26 to the upper and lower grooves of the carriage 1. Pull out from 8; 9 and transfer to the upper and lower lifting grooves 42; 43 of the frame lifting mechanism 26. Related gaming machine frame 1
After 1 is transferred from the trolley 1 to the frame elevating mechanism 26, the lower frame carrier 38 is moved from the inspection line 47 side to the trolley loading section 28.
In the direction of and stops at a position beyond the next gaming machine frame 11 on the carriage 1. When the trolley 1 is transported in one direction by the trolley transport mechanism 22 and then stopped by the position determining mechanism 24 in the state where the lower frame transport body 38 is stopped, the lower frame transport body 38 is mounted on the trolley 1. Then, it corresponds to the side portion of the gaming machine frame 11 to be supplied to the inspection line 47 next. In this way, the lower frame carrier 38 is the next gaming machine frame 11 on the carriage 1.
In a state corresponding to the side portions of the carriage 1, the lower frame carrier 38 moves in the direction of the arrow X2 as described above to move the next gaming machine frame 11 on the carriage 1 from the carriage 1 to the frame lifting mechanism 26.
It can be transferred to the upper and lower lifting grooves 42 and 43.
When the trolley 1 in which a plurality of gaming machine frames 11 are loaded in parallel is supplied from the frame delivery location of the gaming machine manufacturing factory to the trolley loading unit 28, the lower frame carrier 38 moves in the direction of the arrow X2 to move the trolley 1
And, the game machine frame 11 is stopped at a retracted position where it does not interfere with the game machine frame 11.

The frame elevating mechanism 26 is an elevating / lowering drive unit 40 attached to an apparatus main body 36 provided with a lower frame conveying drive unit 37.
And the lifting / lowering body 41 provided in the lifting / lowering drive unit 40 is lifted in the direction of the arrow X3 from the lower limit position.
The gaming machine frame 11 received from is conveyed to the upper limit position corresponding to the inspection line 47. The elevating body 41 includes upper and lower elevating grooves 42 and 43 that receive the gaming machine frame 11 from the lateral direction.
Then, in a state in which the lifting / lowering body 41 is stopped at the lower limit position, the upper / lower lifting grooves 42; 43 are guided by the lower frame transport mechanism 25 to the upper / lower grooves 8;
The game machine frame 11 pulled out in the direction is received by being fitted. In this way, the upper and lower lifting grooves 42 and 43 are the gaming machine frame 1
In the state of receiving 1, the elevating body 41 rises and stops at the upper limit position. When the elevating body 41 stops at the upper limit position, the upper frame transport mechanism 27 transfers the gaming machine frame 11 from the elevating body 41 to the inspection line 47. In this way, the gaming machine frame 11
Is transferred from the elevator 41 to the inspection line 47,
The elevating body 41 descends from the upper limit position and stops at the lower limit position. The elevating body 41 is slidably engaged with a guide mast 44 fixed to the apparatus body 36 to move up and down so as not to rotate.

The upper frame transfer mechanism 27 is mounted on the apparatus main body 36 provided with the elevating drive part 40.
5, the upper frame carrier 46 provided in the upper frame transfer drive unit 45 moves in the direction of the inspection line 47 from the side of the carriage loading unit 28 indicated by the arrow X4 that is parallel to the direction of the arrow X2. The carrier 46 pushes the gaming machine frame 11 out of the upper and lower lifting grooves 42 and 43 of the frame lifting mechanism 26 and is fixed to the apparatus main body 48 of the inspection line 47;
Transfer to 50. The gaming machine frame 11 concerned is a frame lifting mechanism 26.
From the inspection line 47 to the trolley-carrying-in section 28, the upper frame carrier 46 moves from the inspection line 47 side toward the trolley-carrying-in portion 28 and interferes with the elevator 41. Stop at the retracted position.

The apparatus main body 29 of the carriage loading section 28, the apparatus main body 36 that connects the carriage loading section 28 and the inspection line 47, and the apparatus main body 48 of the inspection line 47 are connected to each other as one unit, and the height and the horizontal direction are provided at the bottom. The leg part 51 which can adjust is provided.

According to the structure of the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, in the state where the trolley 1 loaded with the gaming machine frame 11 is supplied to the trolley loading unit 28 of the inspection line frame feeder 21 and stopped, the lower frame Gaming machine frame 11 in which the transport mechanism 25 is indicated by a dotted line
From the upper / lower grooves 8; 9 of the carriage 1 to the upper / lower lift grooves 42; 43 of the frame lift mechanism 26 stopped at the lower limit position as shown by the solid line, and then the frame lift mechanism 26 moves to the position shown by the solid line. To the position indicated by the virtual line and stops, the upper frame transport mechanism 2
7 indicates the gaming machine frame 11 indicated by imaginary lines on the frame lifting mechanism 26.
It is possible to transfer the lower lifting grooves 42 and 43 to the upper and lower lifting grooves 42 and 43 of the inspection line 47 as shown by a chain line. When the gaming machine frame 11 is transferred from the upper / lower grooves 8; 9 of the bogie 1 to the upper / lower lifting grooves 42; 43 of the frame lifting mechanism 26, the gaming machine frame 11 moves up / down and upper / lower grooves 8; 9. Groove 4
2; 43, there is a period of being fitted into both.
Further, instead of the upper frame transport mechanism 27, the upper / lower lifting grooves 42; 4
A transport mechanism such as a roller conveyer or a chain conveyer may be provided in at least the lower elevating groove 43 among the three, but as in the embodiment, the upper frame conveying mechanism 27 attached to the apparatus main body 36 causes the elevating body 41 to move to the inspection line. With the structure for conveying the gaming machine frame 11 to 47, the weight of the lifting body 41 can be reduced and the output of the lifting drive unit 40 can be reduced. Instead of the upper frame transport mechanism 25, a transport mechanism such as a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor may be provided in at least the lower groove 9 of the upper and lower grooves 8 and 9 of the carriage 1.
Further, a transport mechanism such as a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor may be provided in at least the lower line groove 50 of the upper and lower line grooves 49 and 50 of the inspection line 47.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an inspection line frame supply device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a carriage of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the inspection line frame supply device according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 bogie, 2 bottom, 3 wheels, 4 front wall, 5 rear wall,
6 Upper support, 7 Storage part, 8 Upper groove, 9 Lower groove, 11
Amusement machine frame, 21 inspection line frame supply device, 22 carriage transport mechanism, 23 frame detector, 24 position determination mechanism, 25
Lower frame transfer mechanism, 26 frame elevating mechanism, 27 Upper frame transfer mechanism, 41 Elevating body, 42 Upper elevating groove, 43 Lower elevating groove,
47 inspection line.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A trolley transport mechanism for transporting a trolley in which a plurality of gaming machine frames are loaded in parallel in one direction at a trolley loading section, and a gaming machine frame on the trolley having reached a position corresponding to the frame lifting mechanism. A frame detector to detect, a position determining mechanism that restrains the carriage by detecting the gaming machine frame when the frame detector reaches a position corresponding to the frame lifting mechanism, and a gaming machine on the carriage that is restrained by the position determining mechanism Lower frame transfer mechanism that moves the frame from the trolley to the lower limit position of the trolley, and frame lift mechanism that moves up from the trolley of the game machine and moves to the upper limit position corresponding to the inspection line An inspection line frame supply device, comprising: an upper frame transfer mechanism for transferring the gaming machine frame from the frame elevating mechanism stopped at the upper limit position to the inspection line when the frame elevating mechanism stops. 2. A trolley-shaped bottom portion having a width wider than a gaming machine frame, wheels provided on the bottom portion, front and rear walls erected from the bottom portion, and an upper support body passed to the front and rear walls. , A storage portion that is formed by the bottom portion, the front and rear walls, and the upper support frame and is opened to the side, and the bottom portion and the upper support body that are provided in parallel in the front-rear direction at regular intervals to receive the gaming machine frame from the lateral direction. The inspection line frame supply device according to claim 1, further comprising a lower groove. 3. The inspection line frame supply device according to claim 1, wherein the elevating body of the frame elevating mechanism is provided with upper and lower elevating grooves for laterally receiving the game machine frame.