JP2009261497A - Ball lift for lottery machine used in medal game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ball lift for a lottery machine which can promote the excitement of a lottery by adding an element permitting players to participate in the frequency of occurrence of the lottery. <P>SOLUTION: The ball lift for a lottery machine used in a medal game machine has a screw conveyor device (171) comprising a screw (171c) having at least one spiral blade (171b) around a main shaft (171a) and freely rotatably supported and a ball guide (171e) provided nearly in parallel with the main shaft in the proximity to the cylindrical face of the edge of the blade (171b) of the screw (171c), a rotary blade device (172) having a rotary blade (172c) fronting on the medal passage (15) of the medal game machine and rotatably supported and rotated and driven by the weight of a passing medal, and a power transmitter (173) transmitting the rotation of the main shaft (172a) of the rotary blade device (172) to the main shaft (171a) of the screw conveyor device (171). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ball lift for a lottery machine used in a medal game machine.

In a medal game machine, there is a medal game in which a lottery using a ball is performed as a sub game, and bonus medals are paid out or various privileges are given according to the result. Some examples are disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3.
In this case, for example, during a game of a medal game, when a medal passes a checker provided in the corner of the game field, the mode temporarily shifts to the lottery mode, and the ball used for the lottery moves from a high place to a low place. Along the route, the user descends while rolling by gravity, and when a predetermined hole is hit or hit, a privilege such as a predetermined number of bonus medals being paid out is given.
For this reason, it is necessary to lift the ball used for the lottery to a high place once. Therefore, the ball is usually lifted by a lift mechanism provided separately from the medal game mechanism.
The motor that drives the lift mechanism is automatically activated when a medal passes through the checker, starts operating regardless of the player's intention, and automatically operates after lifting the ball to a predetermined position. Will stop.
There are various types of checkers that shift to the lottery mode when a medal passes, but this also operates only when a medal passes regardless of the player's intention.

In this way, there is no room for the player to participate in the operation of the lottery machine in the conventional medal game machine, and everything has to be entrusted to luck by chance, so the degree of emotional transfer to the lottery is small, and the excitement due to the lottery is not always sufficient There was a problem that it was not.
In addition, it is necessary to provide the checker for generating a lottery start signal, a lift driving motor and its control circuit, and there is a problem that the manufacturing cost and power consumption increase.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-210224 JP 2004-1113566 A JP 2004-187963 A

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to add an element that allows the player to participate in the operation of the lottery machine. Another object of the present invention is to provide a lottery machine ball lift for a medal game machine that can increase the degree of heat and promote the lottery, and can reduce the manufacturing cost and power consumption.

The above purpose is
A screw comprising at least one helical blade around the main shaft, a pair of bearings that are rotatably supported in a state where the main shaft of the screw is tilted, and the main shaft close to the cylindrical surface of the blade of the screw blade A screw conveyor device comprising a ball guide provided substantially in parallel;
It consists of a rotating blade that is provided with a plurality of blades in a rotationally symmetrical manner around the main shaft, and a pair of bearings that rotatably supports the rotating blade facing the medal passage of the medal game machine. A rotating blade device driven by the weight of the receiving and medal;
A power transmission device for transmitting the rotation of the main shaft of the rotary blade device to the main shaft of the screw conveyor device;
It can be achieved by a ball lift for a lottery machine used in a medal game machine.
As the ball guide, one made of two bars or a bowl-shaped member having an arc cross section is preferably used.

With the configuration as described above, the rotation of the rotating blades is promoted by inserting medals so that more medals are gathered in the area of the medal passage provided with the rotating blade device, thereby the screw conveyor device. The number of rotations of the screw increases, and the speed and number of balls lifted by the rotation of the screw also increase. As a result, the number of lotteries also increases.
For this reason, by adjusting the insertion position and insertion time of medals, the player can increase the chances of obtaining bonuses such as paying out bonus medals by lottery, and can achieve effects such as increasing the degree of enthusiasm for the lottery. Is.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external explanatory view showing one embodiment of a medal game machine equipped with a ball lift for a lottery machine according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the mounting state of the rotary blade device of the ball lift for a lottery machine according to the present invention and the operating state thereof,
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the power transmission device from the rotary blade device shown in FIG. 2 to the screw conveyor device and the operation of the screw conveyor device.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of the operation of the lottery ball lift according to the present invention.
In these drawings, 1 is a medal pusher game machine, 10 is a transparent acrylic board, 11 is a game field, 12 is a pusher, 13 is a medal drop hole, 14 is a medal payout port, 15 is a medal passage, 16 is a lottery machine, 16a Is a tray, 16b is a slope, 17 is a ball lift, 171 is a screw conveyor device, 171a is a main shaft, 171b is a spiral blade, 171c is a screw, 171d is a bearing, 171e is a ball guide, 172 is a rotary blade device, and 172a is a main shaft. (Shaft), 172b is a blade, 172c is a rotating blade, 172d is a bearing, 173 is a power transmission device, 173a is a transmission shaft, 173b is a gear train, 173c is a gear train, 18 is a ball, and 19 is a medal.

As shown in FIG. 1, a medal game machine 1 equipped with a ball lift for a lottery machine according to the present invention is configured as a medal pusher game machine, for example, and is scattered on a game field 11 surrounded by a transparent acrylic plate 10 or the like. The medals are pushed and moved by the pusher 12 that reciprocates in the front-rear direction, and most of them fall into the medal drop opening 13 and are collected into the machine, but some of the medals lead to the medal payout opening 14. It falls into the chute.
In the illustrated embodiment, two players can play at the same time.
The medals on the game field 11 are automatically replenished from the inside of the machine so that there is always a certain amount or more of medals on the game field, in addition to those inserted by the player using a medal shooter (not shown). It is like that.

On the game field, there are provided two lottery machines 16 for performing lottery as sub-games using balls, and these lottery machines 16 are each fed with balls by a ball lift 17 according to the present invention. It has become.
The ball sent to the lottery machine 16 rolls and descends to the game field via the saucer 16a and the slope 16b due to gravity, and when it hits or hits a hole provided in the game field, Bonus medals are paid out.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the ball lift 17 according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 together.
The ball lift 17 according to the present invention is provided in the screw conveyor device 171 that lifts the ball 18 to the ball installation position at the start of the lottery machine 16 and the medal passage 15 of the medal game machine 1, and the weight of the falling medal 19 Rotating blade device 172 provided with rotating blade 172c rotated by, and a power transmission device 173 that transmits the rotational motion of the rotating blade to screw conveyor device 171.

Among them, as shown in FIG. 3, the screw conveyor device 171 includes at least one main shaft 171 a that is rotatably supported by a pair of bearings 171 d and 171 d (only the lower bearing is shown in FIG. 3). The screw 171c is provided with a helical blade 171b, and a ball guide 171e that is provided substantially parallel to the main shaft close to the cutting edge cylindrical surface of the blade 171b of the screw 171c. The main shaft 171a of the screw 171c is rotatably supported by the pair of bearings 171d and 171d in a tilted state on the game machine base.
The ball guide 171e has a role of guiding the ball 18 that is gradually lifted by the blade 171b as the screw 171c rotates, and the ball slides or falls along the blade 171b when the screw stops. It is provided to prevent this.
The ball guide 171e may be composed of two bars 171e as in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, or alternatively, a cross section provided close to the cutting edge cylindrical surface of the blade 171b of the screw 171c. An arcuate bowl-shaped body may be used.
When the screw 171c of the screw conveyor device 171 rotates, the ball 18 held between the blades of the screw rises along the ball guide 171e.

The rotary blade device 172 includes a rotary blade 172c in which a plurality of blades 172b and 172b are rotationally symmetrical around a main shaft (shaft) 172a, and a main shaft (shaft) 172a of the rotary blade 172c. 15 and a pair of bearings 172d and 172d that are rotatably supported.
As shown in the figure, the medal passage 15 provided with the rotary blade device 172 is normally located at the opening of the chute where the medal falls from the game field 11 and leads to the medal payout port 14, and falls through this. The medal 19 hits the blades 172b and 172b, and the rotating blade 172c is rotated and driven by the weight of these medals.

The rotation of the main shaft (shaft) 172a of the rotary blade device 172 is transmitted to the main shaft 171a of the screw conveyor device 171 via the transmission shaft 173a of the power transmission device 173 to rotate the screw 171c.
That is, when the rotary blade 172c of the rotary blade device 172 is rotated by the medal 19, the rotation of the main shaft (shaft) 172a is transmitted to the transmission shaft 173a through the gear train 173b of the power transmission device 173, and the transmission shaft 173a is rotated. . When the transmission shaft 173a rotates, the rotation is transmitted to the main shaft 171a of the screw conveyor device 171 via the gear train 173c to rotate the screw 171c.
In this way, the screw 171c of the screw conveyor device 171 is rotated by the falling energy of the medals 19 that sequentially fall from the game field 11, and the ball 18 is raised to the ball setting position at the start of the lottery of the lottery machine 16. It is.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the lottery ball lift according to the present invention.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes all modified embodiments that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art from the above description within the scope of the object.
That is, for example, the configuration of the ball guide 171e and the like of the screw conveyor device 171 and the configuration of the rotary blade device 172 can be appropriately changed in design.
In addition, the number of gear stages and the gear ratio of the gear trains 173b and 173c of the power transmission device 173 are appropriately changed so that the screw 171a of the screw conveyor device 171 rotates smoothly by the rotation of the rotary blade 172c of the rotary blade device 172. It is possible.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, the opportunity for the player to obtain bonuses such as payout of bonus medals by lottery increases by adjusting the insertion position and insertion time of medals. Since it is possible to change the frequency of the lottery according to the player's intention, the enthusiasm for the lottery is increased, and as a result, the demand for medal game machines increases, and the manufacturing cost and power consumption can be reduced. Therefore, the present invention has a great industrial utility value.

It is external appearance explanatory drawing which shows one Example of the medal game machine provided with the ball lift for lottery machines which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the attachment state of the rotary blade apparatus of the ball lift for lottery machines which concerns on this invention, and its operation state. It is explanatory drawing which shows the action | operation of the power transmission device from the rotary blade apparatus shown in FIG. 2 to a screw conveyor apparatus, and a screw conveyor apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the ball lift for lottery machines which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Medal pusher game machine 10 Transparent acrylic board 11 Game field 12 Pusher 13 Medal drop hole 14 Medal payout opening 15 Medal passage 16 Lottery machine 16a Receptacle 16b Slope 17 Ball lift 171 Screw conveyor 171a Spindle 171b Spiral blade 171c Screw 171d Bearing 171e Ball guide 172 Rotary blade device 172a Main shaft (shaft)
172b Blade 172c Rotary blade 172d Bearing 173 Power transmission device 173a Transmission shaft 173b Gear train 173c Gear train 18 Ball 19 Medal

Claims (3)

A screw (171c) in which at least one helical blade (171b) is provided around the main shaft (171a), and a pair of bearings that rotatably support the main shaft (171a) of the screw (171c) in an inclined state ( 171d, 171d), and a screw conveyor device (171) comprising a ball guide (171e) provided substantially parallel to the main shaft close to the cutting edge cylindrical surface of the blade (171b) of the screw (171c);
A rotating blade (172c) having a plurality of blades (172b, 172b) provided in a rotationally symmetrical manner around the main shaft (172a), and the rotating blade (172c) face the medal passage (15) of the medal game machine and can rotate freely. A rotary blade device (172) which is composed of a pair of bearings (172d, 172d) to be supported by the blade, receives a medal passing through the blade (172b, 172b), and is driven by the weight of the medal;
A power transmission device (173) for transmitting the rotation of the main shaft (172a) of the rotary blade device (172) to the main shaft (171a) of the screw conveyor device (171);
A ball lift for a lottery machine (17) used in a medal game machine. The ball lift for a lottery machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball guide includes two bars (171e). The ball lift for a lottery machine according to claim 1, wherein the ball guide is a bowl-shaped body having an arcuate cross section.

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