JP2010029227A - Pin setter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pin setter preventing a pin disposed in a lane from falling down. <P>SOLUTION: The pin setter is provided with a pin guide 351 for preventing the pin P elevated up onto the lane 3 from falling down thereon, thereby allowing the pin P disposed in the lane 3 to be prevented from falling down. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pin setter for a bowling game, and is effective for use in a bowling game or a bowling game using billiard balls (Billibo (registered trademark)).

For example, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, ten pins arranged in a triangular shape are raised from the lower side of the lane by a pin lifter to arrange the ten pins at predetermined positions on the lane. .
JP 2002-119634 A

  However, if the operating speed of the pin lifter is increased in order to quickly arrange the pin at a predetermined position on the lane, the lane may be affected by the inertial force acting on the pin when the pin lifter is stopped or the vibration when the pin lifter is activated. There is a high risk that the pins disposed on the will fall.

  In view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to prevent a pin disposed on a lane from falling.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in the invention according to claim 1, the player rolls the ball (B) toward the plurality of pins (P) arranged upright on the lane (3). This is a pin setter that is applied to a bowling game device that defeats a plurality of pins (P) that are erected and that has pins (P) arranged at predetermined positions on the lane (3). A pin lifter (301) for raising the pin (P) to the lane (3), and a pin guide (351) for preventing the pin (P) raised to the lane (3) from falling on the lane (3), And a retraction mechanism (360) for retreating the pin guide (351) from the lane (3).

Thereby, in the invention according to claim 1, it is possible to prevent the pin (P) disposed in the lane (3) from falling down.
In the invention according to claim 2, the pin lifter (301) includes a plurality of cylinder portions (302) formed in a cylindrical shape and loaded with the pins (P) standing upright, and the cylinder portions (302). ), And a loading port (309) for loading the pin (P) is provided on the side surface of the cylinder portion (302). And

Thereby, in invention of Claim 2, a pin (P) can be loaded in a cylinder part (302) in a short time.
That is, in the present invention, the cylinder (302) is raised and the pin (P) is disposed on the lane (3). Therefore, as in the invention described in JP-A-2002-119634, When it is installed on the upper part of the cylinder part, when the cylinder part is raised, the next loading is performed to prevent the pin to be loaded next (pin for next loading) from interfering with the cylinder part. It is necessary to wait for the pin (P) for use at a standby position shifted from the loading port.

  For this reason, in the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-119634, when the pin (P) is loaded into the cylinder portion, it is necessary to move the pin (P) for next loading from the standby position to the loading port. Therefore, even if the cylinder part is lowered, the pin (P) cannot be immediately loaded into the cylinder part.

  On the other hand, in the invention according to claim 2, since the loading port (309) is provided on the side surface of the cylinder portion, the pin (P) for the next loading is prepared for the loading operation of the next pin (P). There is no need to wait at a position shifted from the loading port.

  Therefore, at the time of the next pin (P) loading operation, there is no need to move the pin (P) from the standby position to the loading port (309), and when the cylinder part (302) is lowered, the pin (P) is moved to the cylinder part ( 302), the pin (P) can be loaded into the cylinder part (302) in a short time.

  In the invention according to claim 3, the piston part (320) displaceable in the cylinder part (302) is provided in the cylinder part, and the cylinder part (302) and the piston part (320) After ascending integrally by a predetermined amount, only the piston part (320) rises and operates to push up the pin (P) onto the lane (3) from the hole (3A) provided in the lane (3). It is characterized by that.

  As a result, the pin (P) is raised to the vicinity of the lane (3) while preventing the pin (P) from falling at the cylinder portion (302), and then only the pin (P) at the piston portion (320). Can be raised on lane (3).

In addition, as for the hole (3A) of lane (3) like the invention of Claim 4, it is desirable to set it as the structure obstruct | occluded by the piston part (320).
In the invention according to claim 5, the piston part (320) is in contact with the pin (P) and rises by the pedestal part (321) that closes the hole part (3 </ b> A) and the raising mechanism (340). Is transmitted to the pedestal portion (321) and has a first elastic displacement portion (323) that is elastically deformable in the displacement direction of the piston portion (320).

Thereby, the 1st elastic displacement part (323) can absorb the dimension variation, assembly dimension variation, etc. of a raising mechanism (340) and a base part (321).
In addition, as for the pin guide (351), it is desirable to provide the clamping part which clamps a pin (P) like invention of Claim 6.

Further, it is desirable that the pin guide (351) is provided with detecting means (358) for detecting the presence or absence of the pin (P), as in the seventh aspect of the invention.
In the invention according to claim 8, the retraction mechanism (360) prevents the pin (P) from collapsing with the pin guide (351) by displacing the pin guide (351) in the vertical direction. The pin guide (351) is retracted from the lane (3), and the retraction mechanism (360) side and the pin guide (351) are connected to each other and elastically displaced in the vertical direction. It is characterized by having two elastic displacement parts (357).

Accordingly, in the invention described in claim 8, the pin guide (351) can be reliably displaced in the vertical direction.
That is, if the pin guide (351) is lowered while the pin (P) is in a tilted state, the pin guide (351) interferes with the pin (P) that is falling down, and the pin guide (351) can be completely lowered. It becomes impossible to do so, and the lowering operation of the other pin guides (351) may be adversely affected.

  On the other hand, in the invention according to claim 8, even if the pin guide (351) interferes with the pin (P) that has fallen, it can be absorbed by the second elastic displacement portion (357). It may be possible to prevent the lowering operation of the other pin guide (351) from being adversely affected.

  Incidentally, the reference numerals in parentheses for each of the above means are examples showing the correspondence with the specific means described in the embodiments described later, and the present invention is indicated by the reference numerals in the parentheses of the above respective means. It is not limited to specific means.

In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a bowling game apparatus for Bilibo (registered trademark).
Billibo (registered trademark) is a bowling game device using a billiard ball. Specifically, the ball is rolled by hitting a ball for defeating a pin with a billiard stick. This is a game in which 10 pins placed upright on the end side of the game are knocked down.

  And the current (July 2007) Billibo (registered trademark) bowling game device has a structure that is a reduced version of a normal bowling game device, and therefore is not necessarily suitable for Billibo (registered trademark). There are not a few parts that are difficult to say.

Therefore, hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking a boring game apparatus suitable for Billibo (registered trademark) as an example.
(First Embodiment)
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view showing an arrangement of a recovery mechanism 100, a pin setter 300, and a payout mechanism 400 for a pin P in the bowling gaming apparatus 1, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the recovery mechanism 100 (A in FIG. 1). 3 is a view of the front side of the recovery mechanism 100 viewed from the horizontal direction.

  4A is a front view of the shroud 130, FIG. 4B is a right side view of FIG. 4A, and FIG. 5 shows a state when the pin P drops from the deformed slit 121. FIG. FIG. 6 is a view as seen from the back side, and FIG. 6 is a view of the state shown in FIG. 5 as seen from the right side of FIG.

  7 is a front view of the rotating drum 111, FIG. 8 (a) is a front view of the fixed plate 120, FIG. 8 (b) is a front view of the pin P, and FIGS. 9 (c) and FIGS. 10 (a) to 10 (c) are views showing the movement of the ball B and the pin P recovered by the recovery mechanism 100, and FIG. 11 is a view of the recovery mechanism 100 from the back side. It is a figure.

  12 is a view as seen from the direction of arrow B in FIG. 1, FIG. 13 is a view of the installation state of the distribution shooter 250 as viewed from above, and FIG. 14A shows the distribution mechanism 210 as seen from the direction of arrow B in FIG. 14 (b) is a top view of FIG. 14 (a), FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the pin transport mechanism 200, and FIG. 16 is a left side view of FIG. .

  17 (a) to 17 (d) are diagrams showing the lifting operation of the pin P, FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of the piston portion 320, and FIG. 19 (a) is a cross-sectional view of the pin guide 351. 19B is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 19A, and FIGS. 20 and 21 are diagrams illustrating the operation of the retracting mechanism 360. FIG.

  FIG. 22 is a view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 20, FIG. 23 (a) is a diagram showing a state where the pin P is clamped by the pin guide 351, and FIG. 23 (b) is a diagram where the pin P is released. FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing an electrical system of the bowling gaming apparatus 1, and FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a state of the pin P accommodated in the pocket portion 112A.

2. Outline of Boring Game Device As described above, the bowling game device 1 is erected on the terminal side of the lane 3 by rolling the ball from one end side in the longitudinal direction of the lane 3 toward the other end side (terminal side). It is a device used in a game of defeating the pin P.

  As shown in FIG. 1, on the end side of the lane 3 and in the vicinity thereof, a recovery mechanism 100 that recovers the pin P and the ball B, and a pin that conveys the pin P recovered by the recovery mechanism 100 to the pin setter 300 A transport mechanism 200, a pin setter 300 for standing up and placing the pin P at a predetermined position on the lane 3, a payout mechanism 400 for the pin P, and the like are provided.

  Incidentally, in the following description, although the pin conveyance mechanism 20 and the pin setter 300 are divided as another mechanism, this is for facilitating the understanding of the bowling gaming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment.

  That is, the classification of the mechanisms constituting the bowling gaming device 1 is not limited to the following description. For example, the pin transport mechanism 200 and the pin setter 300 may be classified as one mechanism (pin setter). .

  The operation of the recovery mechanism 100, the pin transport mechanism 200, the pin setter 300, and the payout mechanism 400 is controlled by a control circuit 500 as shown in FIG. 24. The control circuit 500 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. It is comprised with the well-known microcomputer which consists of. The control circuit 500 controls the recovery mechanism 100 and the like according to a program stored in a nonvolatile storage means such as a ROM.

3. Recovery mechanism 100
As shown in FIG. 1, the recovery mechanism 100 is a pin recovery mechanism that simultaneously recovers the pin P that has fallen and the ball B that has reached the end side of the lane 3. Then, the pin P recovered by the recovery mechanism 100 is transferred to the pin setter 300 via the pin transfer mechanism 200, and the ball B is transferred to the lane 3 via the return shooter 106 provided below the lane 3. It is conveyed to one end side.

  The recovery mechanism 100 includes a recovery unit 110 including a rotating drum 111, a belt conveyor 101 disposed between the recovery unit 110 and the lane 3, a pin shooter 103 that guides the recovered pins P to the pin transport mechanism 200, And a ball shooter 105 (see FIG. 3) for guiding the collected ball B to the return shooter 106.

  The belt conveyor 101 conveys the ball B reaching the end side of the lane 3 and the pin P paid out to the end side of the lane 3 to the collecting mechanism 100 by an endless belt that is rotationally driven by an electric motor. Is.

  Further, the pin shooter 103, the ball shooter 105, and the return shooter 106 are guide means for guiding the pin P or the ball B to a predetermined part by sliding the pin P or the ball B by using a height difference.

  The pin shooter 103 is composed of a flexible tube or a flexible ridge like a flexible tube. The ball shooter 105 and the return shooter 106 are a flexible tube, a rigid tube, or a flexible tube. It may be a cocoon or a rigid cocoon.

  Incidentally, the collision plate 107 is a collision member for causing the rolled ball B to collide and dropping the ball B onto the belt conveyor 101. The payout blade 401 directs the pin P and the ball B toward the belt conveyor 101. The payout blade 401 is moved by the payout mechanism 400 from the right side to the left side in FIG.

3.1. As shown in FIG. 2, the collecting unit 110 includes a rotating drum 111 that rotates, a fixed plate 120 that is fixed to a frame (not shown) of the boring gaming machine 1, and a shroud 130 that covers the lower end side of the rotating drum 111. And a motor 140 for rotating the rotary drum 111 (see FIG. 9A) and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 9 (a), the rotating drum 111 is formed in a substantially plate shape, and is inclined so that a side surface 111B orthogonal to the rotating shaft 111A intersects the horizontal plane. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of protrusions 112 projecting radially outward in the radial direction are provided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.

  The recess 112A formed between the protrusions 112 constitutes a pin transfer portion (hereinafter, the recess 112A is referred to as a pocket portion 112A) in which the pins P conveyed by the belt conveyor 101 are stored. When the rotary drum 111 rotates with the pin P stored in the pocket 112A, the pin P is transferred to a deformed slit 121 described later.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 9A, the rotating drum 111 includes a rotating drum 111 that is recessed in a direction parallel to the rotating shaft 111 </ b> A from the side surface 111 </ b> B of the rotating drum 111. A through hole 113 penetrating the through hole 113 is provided, and an opening of the through hole 113 that opens downward is closed by the fixing plate 120.

  On the other hand, since the opening part opened toward the upper side among the through holes 113 is located and opened on the terminal end side of the belt conveyor 101, the through hole 113 has a concave shape in which the lower side is closed. For this reason, the ball B conveyed by the belt conveyor 101 is stored in the recess 113 so as to fall into the through hole 113 (hereinafter, this through hole 113 is referred to as the recess 113) (FIG. 9B). )reference).

  Therefore, when the rotating drum 111 rotates, the ball B stored in the recess 113 is transferred together with the pin P stored in the pocket portion 112A. That is, the recess 113 functions as a ball transfer unit that transfers the ball.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 9A, a guide blade 131 protruding from the shroud 130 toward the belt conveyor 101 side is provided between the belt conveyor 101 and the rotating drum 111. And the belt conveyor 101 are set to a small gap so that the guide blade 131 and the belt conveyor 101 do not interfere when the belt conveyor 101 is operated.

  For this reason, the pin P and the ball B conveyed by the belt conveyor 101 slide on the guide blade 131 and reach the pocket portion 112A or the recess 113. That is, in the present embodiment, the conveyor means and the guide blade 131 have a conveying means for conveying the ball B that has reached the end side of the lane 3 and the pin P that has been paid out to the end side of the lane 3 to the collection mechanism 100. It is configured.

  The distance W between the end portion 101A on the collection unit 110 side of the guide blade 131 and the rotating drum 111 is set to be smaller than the diameter of the ball B and larger than the maximum diameter of the pin P. Further, the end portion 101A of the guide blade 131 is set at a position higher than the upper end 112B of the pocket portion 112A and lower than the upper end 113A of the recess 113 in the vertical (vertical) direction.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the shroud 130 has a bag shape in which only the pocket portion 112 </ b> A located at the lowermost end side is covered from the belt conveyor 101 side and the pocket portion 112 </ b> A located at the lowermost end side is opened on the upper side. To do.

  The shroud 130 prevents the pin P that has fallen from the belt conveyor 101 into the pocket portion 112A from dropping out of the pocket portion 112A, and prevents a plurality of pins P from entering one pocket portion 112A. The

  Further, since the shroud 130 completely covers only the pocket portion 112A, and the recess 113 is not completely covered by the shroud 130, the ball B conveyed by the belt conveyor 101 does not enter the pocket portion 112A. It slides on the guide blade 131 and is stored in the recess 113.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the shroud 130 is integrally formed with an annular shroud ring 132 that covers the outer peripheral side of the rotating drum 111, and the shroud ring 132 forms a pocket portion. The pin P in which 112A is accommodated is prevented from jumping out in the radial direction due to the inertial force (centrifugal force) accompanying the rotation of the rotary drum 111.

  In the present embodiment, the guide blade 131 is assembled as a separate part to the upper end portion 130A (see FIG. 4) of the shroud 130, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and the guide blade 131 is attached to the shroud 130. It may be formed integrally with.

  Further, the fixed plate 120 is disposed on the lower surface side of the rotating drum 111 and closes the pocket portion 112A. On the upper side of the fixed plate 120, as shown in FIG. An elongated slit 121 having an elongated hole shape is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 8A, the odd-shaped slit 121 has a shape in which two types of long holes having different short-diameter direction dimensions are connected in the long-diameter direction. Specifically, the dimension A in the minor axis direction of the first hole 121A on the rotation direction receding side (the right side in FIG. 8A) of the deformed slit 121 is the diameter dimension D1 of the small diameter part P1 of the pin P (FIG. 8). (See (b)) and larger than the diameter D2 of the large diameter portion P2 of the pin P (see FIG. 8B).

  On the other hand, the minor-diameter dimension B of the second hole 121B on the forward side in the rotational direction (left side of FIG. 8A) of the odd-shaped slit 121 is set to be larger than the diameter dimension D2 of the large diameter P2 of the pin P. ing. For this reason, in the first hole portion 121A, only the small diameter portion P1 of the pin P can pass through the deformed slit 121, and the large diameter portion P2 is locked in the first hole portion 121A, whereas the second hole portion 121A In the hole portion 121 </ b> B, the entire pin P can pass through the deformed slit 121.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, a gap 122 is provided between the portion of the fixed plate 120 where at least the odd-shaped slit 121 is provided and the rotating drum 111, while the gap 122 of the fixed plate 120 is On the opposite side, a funnel-shaped guide member 123 that guides the pin P dropped from the odd-shaped slit 121 to the pin shooter 103 is assembled.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the guide member 123 is provided at a portion corresponding to the first hole 121 </ b> A and comes into contact with the distal end side (small diameter portion P <b> 1 side) of the pin P that has passed through the first hole 121 </ b> A. An inclined guide surface that is provided at a portion corresponding to the receiving surface 123A that receives P and the second hole portion 121B and that is inclined downward toward the forward side in the rotational direction of the rotating drum 111 (right side in FIG. 5). 123B.

  And the discharge port 123C connected to the pin shooter 103 is provided in the lowest position among the inclination guide surfaces 123B. In the present embodiment, when viewed from the horizontal direction, the center line L1 of the discharge port 123C is closer to the rotation direction advance side (right side in FIG. 5) than the center of curvature O1 at the end of the second hole 121B in the rotation direction. It is off.

  Further, the receiving surface 123A is configured as a flat surface extending in the horizontal direction, and a resistance having a wall surface substantially orthogonal to the rotation direction of the rotary drum 111 on the boundary portion side of the receiving surface 123A with the inclined guide surface 123B. A body 123D is provided.

  For this reason, the front end side of the pin P dropped from the first hole 121A is locked to the resistor 123D as shown in FIG. That is, the resistor 123 </ b> D functions as an inhibition unit that inhibits the tip end side of the pin P dropped from the first hole 121 </ b> A from moving integrally with the rotation of the rotary drum 111.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the arrangement relationship of the first hole 121A, the pocket 112A, and the receiving surface 123A is such that the top of the first hole 121A is in a state where the tip side of the pin P has dropped from the first hole 121A. The outer edge portion 121C is in contact with the pin P, and the lower outer edge portion 121D of the first hole portion 121A is in a non-contact state with the pin P.

  For this reason, in a state where the tip end side of the pin P has dropped from the first hole 121A, the pin P contacts the outer edge portion 121C of the first hole 121A on the upper side across the center axis L2 of the pin P, and the center axis The pin P comes into contact with the rotating drum 111 on the lower side across L2, and the contact portion 111C with the rotating drum 111 is connected to the outer edge portion of the first hole portion 121A and the contact portion 121E between the pin P and the pin P. It will be located on the bottom side.

  As shown in FIG. 11, a lid 124 for opening and closing the irregular slit 121 is provided on the guide member 123 side of the irregular slit 121. The lid 124 is driven to open and close by a motor 124B via a link mechanism 124A. Is done.

  Further, on the fixed plate 120 above the lowermost part of the rotating drum 111 and below the deformed slit 121, as shown in FIG. An elongated recovery hole 125 that is taken out from the lower surface side of the drum 111 is provided, and the recovery hole 125 constitutes a ball recovery portion. The ball shooter 105 (see FIG. 1) is assembled to a portion of the fixed plate 120 corresponding to the recovery hole 125.

4). Pin Conveying Mechanism As shown in FIG. 1, the pin conveying mechanism 200 is a straight line formed by a distributing mechanism 210 that distributes and arranges the pins P one by one in the horizontal direction as a set of ten pins P. It comprises a transport unit 230 that transports the arranged pins P to the distribution shooter 250, a distribution shooter 250 that guides and transfers the pins P to a predetermined position of the pin setter 300 described later, and the like.

4.1. Distribution mechanism 210
The distribution mechanism 210 is a mechanism that aligns the pins P one by one on the conveyance belt 231 of the conveyance unit 230 by moving the outlet side of the pin shooter 103 in the horizontal direction.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, the shooter fixing portion 201 to which the outlet side of the pin shooter 103 is fixed and the pin P discharged from the pin shooter 103 are placed on the transport belt 231. The mounting nozzle 202, the shooter fixing portion 201, the rail 203 that supports the mounting nozzle 202 so as to be movable in parallel, the drive belt 204 to which the shooter fixing portion 201 and the mounting nozzle 202 are connected, and the motor that rotates the driving belt 204. 205 or the like.

  The mounting nozzle 202 is provided with a sensor (not shown) for detecting whether or not the pin P has passed through the mounting nozzle 202, and this sensor detects the passage of the pin P. Then, the motor 205 rotates the driving belt 204 to move the shooter fixing unit 201 and the mounting nozzle 202 in parallel.

  By the way, in the present embodiment, the inlet side (the guide member 123 side) of the pin shooter 103 is fixed to the guide member 123 and does not move, whereas the outlet side of the pin shooter 103 reciprocates in the longitudinal direction of the rail 203. To do.

  On the other hand, the 10 pins P placed on the transport belt 231 need to be placed in parallel with the transport direction of the transport belt 231 so that the tip thereof is located on the lower side. It is desirable that the outlet always faces in a direction parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying belt 231.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the mounting nozzle 202 is configured to move on the rail 203 in a state where the direction of the outlet is always in a direction parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying belt 231, and the shooter fixing portion 201 is configured such that it can move on the rail 203 while swinging about the swing fulcrum 201A, and the dimension A on the inlet side of the mounting nozzle 202 is larger than the dimension C on the outlet side of the pin shooter 103. is doing.

  Incidentally, the dimension A on the inlet side of the mounting nozzle 202 is a dimension obtained by adding (considering) the swinging dimension of the shooter fixing portion 201 to the dimension C on the outlet side of the pin shooter 103, and the dimension on the outlet side of the mounting nozzle 202. The dimension is larger than B.

  In the present embodiment, the dimension between the inner walls is reduced smoothly (continuously) from the inlet side to the outlet side of the mounting nozzle 202, so that the discharge direction of the pins P discharged from the pin shooter 103 is smoothly smoothed by the conveyor belt 231. The direction is parallel to the transport direction.

4.2. Conveying unit After the conveying unit 231 rotates the conveying belt 231, the conveying unit 231 conveys ten pins P arranged in a straight line in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the conveying direction (the rotating direction of the conveying belt 231) upward. , Supply means for supplying to the distribution shooter 250.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15, locking protrusions 232 protruding outward are provided at a plurality of locations on the outer peripheral surface side of the conveyor belt 231, and the locking mechanism 232 causes the distribution mechanism 210 to be disposed. As a result, the pin P placed on the transport belt 231 is transported upward while being locked (see FIG. 1).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 16, a plurality of guide blades 233 for preventing the pin P being conveyed from being greatly inclined with respect to the conveyance direction are provided on the upper surface side of the conveyance unit 230. As shown in FIG. 15, the guide blade 233 extends from one end side in the longitudinal direction of the transport unit 230 to the other end side.

  Then, on the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the guide blade 233 (the right end side in FIG. 15), the conveyed pin P is along the outer peripheral surface of the driven roller 235 so as to guide it to the pin supply port 251 of the distribution shooter 250. A curved guide portion 234 is provided.

  The driving roller 236 rotates the transport belt 231. The driving roller 236 rotates by obtaining a driving force from the motor 237 via a power transmission unit such as a belt or a chain.

  On the other hand, the driven roller 235 rotates with the rotation of the conveying belt 231. The driven roller 235 is rotatably mounted on a tension lever 238 that is swingably mounted on the frame. The tension of the conveyor belt 231 is adjusted by a tension lever 238.

5. Pin Setter The pin setter 300 is a mechanism that arranges a plurality of pins P transported by the pin transport mechanism 200 at predetermined positions on the lane 3. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, it is composed of a distribution shooter 250, a pin lifter 301, a pin guide lifting mechanism 350, and the like.

5.1. Pin Lifter The pin lifter 301 ascends the upright pin P to the lane 3 as shown in FIG. Specifically, it is configured to have a plurality of cylinder portions 302 formed in a cylindrical shape to be loaded in a state where the pins P are erected, a raising mechanism 340 for raising the cylinder portions 302, and the like.

5.1.1. Lift mechanism The lift mechanism 340 includes a lift plate 341 to which ten cylinder portions 302 arranged in a triangular (pyramid) shape are fixed, a chain 342 for moving the lift plate 341 up and down, a pulling machine 343 for lifting the chain 342, and the like. It is configured.

  The chain 342 has one end fixed to the ascending plate 341 and the other end fixed to a fixing member such as a pulling machine 343. The pulling machine 343 is rotated by a motor (not shown). An arm 344 to be driven and a movable sprocket 345 that is rotatably assembled to the tip side of the arm 344 and meshes with the chain 342 are provided.

  The pair of idle sprockets 346 applies a predetermined tension to the chain 342 in order to prevent the chain 342 from being detached from the movable sprocket 345, and is fixedly supported rotatably on a fixing member such as the lifting machine 343. Has been.

  Then, when the arm 344 rotates and the movable sprocket 345 moves in the direction a → b → c → d → a or the opposite direction of FIG. 1, the ascending plate 341 moves up and down at double speed in conjunction with the rotation of the arm 344. By doing so, the cylinder part 302 moves up and down.

5.1.2. As shown in FIG. 17A, the cylinder part 302 is arranged on the same axis as the first cylinder 303 on the upper end side of the first cylinder 303 that moves up and down together with the ascending plate 341, a frame, etc. The second cylinder 304 is fixed to the fixed member, the piston 320 is displaced in the longitudinal direction of the first cylinder 303 in the first cylinder 303, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 18, a first protrusion 305 that protrudes inward is provided on the inner wall of the first cylinder 303, and the upper end of the first coil spring 306 is engaged with the first protrusion 305. It has been stopped. On the other hand, the lower end side of the first coil spring 306 is fixed to the rising plate 341. For this reason, the first cylinder 303 is connected to the rising plate 341 while being supported by the rising plate 341 via the first coil spring 306.

  The piston part 320 is in contact with the bottom part of the pin P to support the pin P from the lower side, the push rod 322 assembled and fixed to the ascending plate 341, and between the push rod 322 and the base part 321. It is composed of an elastically deformable second coil spring 323 and the like.

  The holding member 324 is detachably assembled and fixed to the upper end side of the push rod 322 via a fastening means such as a screw 324B. The pedestal portion 321 moves through a through hole 324A provided in the holding member 324. It is connected to the push rod 322 via a bolt 325 penetrating therethrough.

  For this reason, when the push rod 322 is lifted, the upward displacement (lifting force) of the push rod 322 (the lift plate 341) is transmitted to the pedestal portion 321 via the second coil spring 323. Conversely, when the push rod 322 is lowered, A downward displacement (downward force) of the push rod 322 (the upward plate 341) is transmitted to the pedestal portion 321 via the bolt 325.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 17A, a second protrusion 307 protruding outward is provided on the outer wall on the lower end side of the first cylinder 303, while the first protrusion is provided on the lower end of the second cylinder 304. A stopper portion 308 is provided for mechanically restricting the rise of the first cylinder 303 by the collision of the second protrusion 307 when the cylinder 303 is raised.

  On the side surface of the second cylinder 304, a loading port 309 for loading the pin P guided to the cylinder portion 302 via the distribution shooter 250 into the first cylinder 303 (cylinder portion 302) is provided. The pin P loaded into the cylinder portion 302 from the loading port 309 is stored in the first cylinder 303 in a state where the pin P stands on the pedestal portion 321.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 17B, a hole 3 </ b> A from which the pin P is pushed up is provided in a portion corresponding to each cylinder portion 302 on the terminal side of the lane 3. When pushed up onto the lane 3, the hole 3A is closed by the pedestal 321 as shown in FIG.

  That is, when the rising plate 341 is lifted from the state where the first cylinder 303 is lowered (the state shown in FIG. 17A), the first coil spring 306 and the push rod 322 are simultaneously lifted. As shown, the first cylinder 303 and the piston part 320 are integrally raised until the second projecting part 307 collides with the stopper part 308.

  When the second projecting portion 307 collides with the stopper portion 308, the first coil spring 306 is reduced and deformed, and the rising of the first cylinder 303 is stopped, whereas the push rod 322 is integrated with the lifting plate 341. As shown in FIG. 17C, the piston part 320 rises in conjunction with the raising plate 341 and the pedestal part 321 fits into the hole 3A.

  At this time, although the dimensions of the respective parts are set so that the ascent of the ascending plate 341 stops in a state in which the pedestal part 321 is fitted in the hole part 3A, the pedestal part 321 is not holed due to the dimensional variation within the dimensional tolerance. There is a possibility that the ascending plate 341 continues to rise even after being inserted into the portion 3A.

  However, in the present embodiment, when the ascending plate 341 continues to rise, that portion is absorbed by the second coil spring 323 (see FIG. 17D), so that it enters the lane 3 via the piston part 320. It is possible to prevent the rising force from acting excessively.

5.2. Distribution Shooter The distribution shooter 250 is a distribution unit that distributes the ten pins P conveyed by the conveyance unit 230 to each loading port 309 of the cylinder unit 302 while sliding and dropping.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 13, the distribution shooter 250 includes 10 pin supply ports 251 arranged in a straight line, and 10 loading ports arranged in a triangle at positions lower than these pin supply ports 251. In this embodiment, the distribution shooter 250 is configured by a flexible tube or a bowl-shaped rigid body member.

  Then, since the ten pins P are conveyed to the pin supply port 251 while being aligned in a straight line by the conveyance unit 230, the ten pins P are supplied to the pin supply port 251 (distribution shooter 250) almost simultaneously. The

5.3. Pin Guide Elevating Mechanism As shown in FIGS. 19A and 19B, the pin guide elevating mechanism 350 includes a pin guide 351 that prevents the pin P that has risen above the lane 3 from falling on the lane 3, and A retraction mechanism 360 (see FIG. 1) for retreating the pin guide 351 from the lane 3 is provided.

5.3.1. As shown in FIG. 19A, the pin guide 351 has a cap shape that covers the pin P from the tip end side of the pin P. The pin guide 351 includes the pin P in the pin guide 351. It is configured to have a clamping rod 352 that clamps the pin P by being pressed against the inner wall, a pin sensor 358 that constitutes a detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of the pin P by being displaced in contact with the tip of the pin P, and the like. is there.

As shown in FIG. 22, the ten pin guides 351 are assembled to a lift plate 353 formed in a substantially pentagonal shape in a triangular shape.
That is, as shown in FIG. 19B, an annular fixing tool 356 is fixed to the lift plate 353 by a bolt 356A, and the pin guide 351 is slidable with respect to the fixing tool 356 from above. It is inserted and locked to the upper end surface 356B of the fixture 356 by a stepped projection 351A provided on the outer periphery of the fixture 356.

The upper end side of the pin guide 351 is always attracted to the lift plate 353 side by a pair of coil springs 357.
Therefore, normally, the lift plate 353 and the pin guide 351 move up and down integrally as shown in FIG. 21a, but the pin P falls and the pin P does not fit into the pin guide 351, and the pin When interfering with the guide 351, as shown in FIG. 21b, the pin guide 351 and the lift plate 353 are separately lowered so that the pin guide 351 is separated from the lift plate 353.

  In addition, a movable plate 354 that is movable parallel to the lift plate 353 is assembled to the lift plate 353, and an actuator 355 that displaces the movable plate 354 relative to the lift plate 353 is assembled to the lift plate 353. In addition, each sandwiching rod 352 is connected to the movable plate 354.

  When the movable plate 354 is displaced to the left side of FIG. 22 with respect to the lift plate 353, as shown in FIG. 23 (b), the holding rod 352 is separated from the pin P, and the pin P is released. On the other hand, when the movable plate 354 is displaced to the right side of FIG. 22 with respect to the lift plate 353, the pinching rod 352 presses the pin P as shown in FIG. It is pinched.

5.3.2. Retraction Mechanism The retraction mechanism 360 is a mechanism for moving the ten pin guides 351 up and down. As shown in FIG. 20, the lower end side of the pair of lift guides 361 is fixed to the lift plate 353. The lift plate 353 has an upper side on the outer periphery of the lift guide 361 as shown in FIG. A guide shoe 362 that is slidably contacted and guides the lifting and lowering of the lifting guide 361 is fixed to the frame 4.

  Further, the upper ends of the pair of lifting guides 361 are connected by a beam 363. When the lifting guide 361 is lifted or lowered by the beam 363, the distance between the pair of lifting guides 361 is maintained at a constant size. 361 can move up and down smoothly.

  One end of a chain 364 is coupled to the lift plate 353 (see FIG. 21), and the other end of the chain 364 is fixed to the frame 4 side (see FIG. 1). Then, the lift plate 353 is lifted and lowered by the same method as that of the lifting mechanism 340 described above.

6). Schematic operation of the bowling game apparatus (Bilibo (registered trademark)) The pin P and the ball B that have fallen by the ball B rolled by the player, or the pin P and the ball B that have been paid out by the payout mechanism 400 are shown in FIG. a) to FIG. 10 (c) and FIG. 10 (a) to FIG. 10 (c), after being transported to the recovery mechanism 100 by the belt conveyor 101, the recovery mechanism 100 separates them into balls B and pins P. Collected.

  Then, the recovered pin P is arranged in the same direction when dropping from the deformed slit 121, and then guided to the transport unit 230 via the pin shooter 103, while the recovered ball B is transferred to the rotating drum 111. After being raised to a position higher than the lowest part, it is guided to the return shooter 106 via the ball shooter 105.

  Further, the pin P supplied to the distribution shooter 250 by the transport unit 230 is loaded into the first cylinder 303 and then raised onto the lane 3. At this time, since the pin guide 351 is lowered on the lane 3, the pin P that has been raised is installed on the lane 3 so as to be loaded into the pin guide 351 from the lower side.

When the hole portion 3A of the lane 3 is closed by the pedestal portion 31, the pin guide 351 is retracted from the top of the lane 3 to the upper side so that the game can be played again.
7). Features of the Bowling Game Device According to the Present Embodiment In the present embodiment, the rotary drum 111 is provided with a pocket portion 112A that forms a pin transfer portion that transfers the pin P and a recess 113 that forms a ball transfer portion that transfers the ball B. Therefore, the number of parts of the collection mechanism 100 that collects the pins P and the balls B can be reduced and a simple configuration can be achieved.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the end of the guide blade 131 that constitutes the conveying unit that conveys the ball B that has reached the end side of the lane 3 and the pin P that has been paid out to the end side of the lane 3 to the collection mechanism 100. The distance between 101A and the rotating drum 111 is set to be smaller than the diameter of the ball B and larger than the maximum diameter of the pin P as shown in FIG.

  Further, since the end portion 101A of the guide blade 131 is set at a position higher than the upper end 112B of the pocket portion 112A and lower than the upper end 113A of the recess 113 in the vertical direction, FIG. 10 (a) to FIG. As shown in FIG. 9C, the pin P falls from the gap between the guide blade 131 and the recovery mechanism 100 (the rotating drum 111) and is stored in the pocket portion 112A, while the ball B As shown in FIG. 9 (c), it is accommodated in the recess 113 without dropping from the gap.

Therefore, even if the pin P and the ball B are mixed and conveyed to the collecting mechanism 100, the pins P and the ball B can be easily collected while being separated.
Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9B, the recess 113 is constituted by a recess recessed from the side surface 111B of the rotary drum 111 in a direction parallel to the rotation shaft 111A, and the opening of the recess 113 Since the side surface 111B is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane so that the hole B opens upward, the ball B can be held by the bottom 113B of the recess 113 and the inner peripheral side surface 113C.

  On the other hand, if the side surface 111B of the rotating drum 111 is vertical, the ball B needs to be held only by the inner peripheral side surface 113C of the recess 113, and thus the depth dimension of the recess 113 must be increased.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the thickness dimension of the rotating drum 111 can be made thinner than when the side surface 111B of the rotating drum 111 is vertical.
Further, in the present embodiment, the minor axis direction dimension A of the first hole 121A on the receding direction in the rotational direction of the deformed slit 121 is larger than the diameter dimension of the small diameter part P1 of the pin P and the large diameter part of the pin P. The diameter dimension B of the second hole 121B on the forward side in the rotational direction of the deformed slit 121 is set to be larger than the diameter dimension of the large diameter part P2.

  Thereby, in this embodiment, when the pin P reaches the deformed slit 121 in a state where the small diameter portion P1 side of the pin P is positioned on the forward side in the rotation direction of the rotary drum 111, as shown in FIG. At the same time as reaching the first hole portion 121A, the small diameter portion P1 falls from the first hole portion 121A while the large diameter portion P2 is locked to the first hole portion 121A. The pin P rotates so that the part P2 is on top.

  That is, in the state where the pin P is stored in the pocket portion 112A, the pin P is, as shown in FIG. 25, the contact portion S1 between the large diameter portion P2 and the inner wall of the pocket portion 112A, and the small diameter portion P1 and the pocket portion 112A. The pin P is conveyed toward the deformed slit 121 in a state in which the central axis L2 of the pin P is inclined with respect to a virtual contact surface S3 passing through the contact portion S2 with the inner wall of the plate.

  Then, when the tip of the pin P reaches the deformed slit 121 in this state, the wall supporting the small diameter portion P1 disappears, so that the small diameter portion P1 reaches the first hole portion 121A as shown in FIGS. Then, since the small diameter portion P1 falls from the first hole portion 121A almost simultaneously, the pin P rotates so that the small diameter portion P1 is on the bottom and the large diameter portion P2 is on the top.

  At this time, the first hole 121A, that is, the irregularly shaped slit 121 is provided in the fixed plate 120 and does not move. A force (braking force) that inhibits the movement of P is generated.

  On the other hand, since the bottom side of the pin P is pushed by the rotating drum 111, the bottom part of the pin P rotates to the forward side in the rotational direction with the brake point described above as the center of rotation, and the large diameter part P2 moves from the brake point to the forward side in the rotational direction To position. That is, the large-diameter portion P2 is positioned on the forward side in the rotational direction from the small-diameter portion P1.

  At this time, the pin P receives a force in the forward rotation direction from the rotating drum 111 at a position shifted to the bottom side from the brake point, and receives a force in the reverse direction at the brake point (preparation for falling) ), The large diameter portion P2 reaches the second hole portion earlier than the small diameter portion P1.

For this reason, when the large diameter portion P2 reaches the second hole portion 121B, the pin P rotates and drops so that the large diameter portion P2 is at the bottom and the small diameter portion P1 is at the top.
On the other hand, when the pin P reaches the deformed slit 121 with the large-diameter portion P2 side of the pin P positioned on the forward side in the rotation direction of the rotary drum 111, only the small-diameter portion P1 falls from the first hole portion 121A. P moves to the second hole 121B in the drop preparation state described above. For this reason, when the large diameter portion P2 reaches the second hole portion 121B, as described above, the pin P falls so that the large diameter portion P2 is on the bottom and the small diameter portion P1 is on the top.

  Thus, in this embodiment, since the pin P is rotated and the pin P is aligned in the same direction without reversing the moving direction of the pin P, the pin P is deformed by the inertial force acting on the pin P. In principle, there is no problem of passing through.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the recovery rate of the pin P can be increased without deteriorating the recovery rate of the pin P.
By the way, in the invention described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-333044, when the pin P is sent so that the small diameter portion P1 is positioned on the forward side in the rotation direction, the conveyance direction of the pin P is reversed. Will fall later.

  On the other hand, when the pin P is sent so that the large-diameter portion P2 is positioned on the forward side in the rotation direction, the pin P falls without reversing its conveying direction, and therefore, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-333044 In the invention described in, even if the rotation speed of the rotating drum 111 is constant, the period (timing) at which the pin P falls from the drop hole varies depending on the state of the pin P sent to the drop hole.

  That is, in the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-333044, when the pin P is sent so that the small diameter portion P1 is positioned on the rotation direction advance side, the large diameter portion P2 is positioned on the rotation direction advance side. As compared with the case where the pin P is sent, the timing at which the pin P drops from the drop hole is changed so as to be delayed.

  For this reason, in the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-333044, the timing at which the pin P recovered by the recovery mechanism 100 is conveyed to the pin setter 300 fluctuates, which causes the pin setter 300 to malfunction. There is a high risk of losing.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, when the pin P is sent so that the small diameter portion P1 is positioned on the forward side in the rotation direction, the pin P is rotated in the first hole portion 121A to prepare for dropping. The pin P is moved to the second hole 121B while the pin P is sent so that the small diameter portion P1 is positioned on the forward side in the rotational direction, and the large diameter portion P2 is positioned on the forward side in the rotational direction. Thus, when the pin P is sent, the timing at which the pin P falls from the second hole 121B is almost the same.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, since the timing fluctuation | variation at the time of conveying the pin P collect | recovered with the collection | recovery mechanism 100 to the pin setter 300 can be made small, it can prevent that the pin setter 300 malfunctions. .

  In the present embodiment, since the gap 122 is provided between the portion of the fixed plate 120 where the irregularly shaped slit 121 is provided and the rotating drum 111, the contact portion between the pin P and the rotating drum 111 is not provided. Of these, the distance between the portion receiving the force for moving the pin P and the brake point can be increased.

  Accordingly, the moment force for rotating the pin P from the state where the small diameter portion P1 side of the pin P is positioned on the forward side in the rotation direction of the rotary drum 111 to the ready state for dropping can be increased, so that the pin P is surely prepared for dropping. It can be moved to the 2nd hole 121B in the state made into the state. For this reason, in this embodiment, it is possible to increase the recovery rate of the pin P without deteriorating the recovery rate of the pin P.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the resistor 123D that constitutes a blocking means that inhibits the tip side of the pin P falling from the first hole 121A from moving with the rotation of the rotating drum 111 is provided, It is possible to reliably prevent the tip from moving together with the rotating drum 111 and to rotate the pin P so as to be in a ready state for dropping.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in a state where the tip end side of the pin P has fallen from the first hole 121A, as shown in FIG. 6, the pin P is located on the upper side across the central axis L2 of the pin P, and the first hole 121A. The pin P contacts the rotating drum 111 on the lower side across the center axis L2, and the contact portion with the rotating drum 111 is a brake point (the outer edge of the first hole 121A). (The contact portion between the portion and the pin P) is located on the bottom side of the pin P.

  For this reason, it is possible to prevent the pin P in the drop ready state from dropping to the side opposite to the direction in which the pin P should originally drop, that is, the side opposite to the fixed plate 120 with the rotating drum 111 interposed therebetween. P can be moved to the second hole 121B in a state where it is in a drop ready state. Therefore, the recovery rate of the pin P can be increased without deteriorating the recovery rate of the pin P.

  Further, in this embodiment, the pins P are guided to a predetermined position, that is, the loading port 309 arranged in a triangular shape while being slid and dropped by the distribution shooter 250. Compared to the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-333044 that supplies and arranges at a predetermined position, the number of parts of the pin setter 300 can be reduced and the structure can be simplified.

  In the present embodiment, the transport unit 230 that constitutes a supply unit that supplies the pins P to the distribution shooter 250 can supply the pins P to the plurality of distribution shooters 250 at the same time. Can be supplied and arranged in a short time, and the processing speed of the pinsetter 300 can be increased.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the pin P 351 that prevents the pin P that has been raised above the lane 3 from falling on the lane 3 is provided, it is possible to prevent the pin P disposed on the lane 3 from falling.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the loading port 309 for loading the pin P is provided on the side surface of the cylinder portion 302 (second cylinder 304), the pin can be connected to the cylinder portion 302 (first cylinder 303) in a short time. P can be loaded.

  That is, in the present embodiment, the first cylinder 303 is raised and the pin P is disposed on the lane 3, so that the loading port is located at the upper part of the cylinder part as in the invention described in JP-A-2002-119634. In order to prevent the next pin to be loaded into the cylinder part (next loading pin) from interfering with the cylinder part when the cylinder part is raised, the next loading pin is provided. It is necessary to wait at a standby position that deviates from the loading port.

  For this reason, in the invention described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-119634, when the pin is loaded into the cylinder portion, it is necessary to move the next loading pin from the standby position to the loading port. Even so, the pin cannot be immediately loaded into the cylinder portion.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the loading port 309 is provided on the side surface of the second cylinder 304, the pin P for the next loading is shifted from the loading port in preparation for the next pin P loading operation. There is no need to wait.

  Therefore, at the time of the next pin P loading operation, it is not necessary to move the pin P from the standby position to the loading port 309, and when the first cylinder 303 is lowered, the next loading pin P is moved to the cylinder portion 302 (first cylinder 303). ), The pin P can be loaded into the cylinder portion 302 in a short time.

  In the present embodiment, after the first cylinder 303 and the piston part 320 are integrally raised by a predetermined amount, only the piston part 320 is raised and the pin P is inserted into the lane 3 from the hole 3A provided in the lane 3. Since the first cylinder 303 prevents the pin P from falling down, the pin P is raised to the vicinity of the lane 3 and then only the pin P is moved onto the lane 3 by the piston part 320. Can be raised.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the second coil spring 323 that forms an elastic displacement portion is provided between the pedestal portion 321 and the push rod 322, the dimensional variation and assembly size variation of the ascending mechanism 340 and the pedestal portion 321 can be reduced. It can be absorbed by the second coil spring 323.

  In this embodiment, the coil guide 357 that connects the retraction mechanism 360 side and the pin guide 351 and forms an elastic displacement portion that can be elastically displaced in the vertical direction is provided. Can be displaced.

  That is, if the pin guide 351 is lowered while the pin P is tilted, the pin guide 351 interferes with the pin P that is tilted, and the pin guide 351 cannot be completely lowered, and the other pin guides 351 are lowered. May adversely affect operation.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 21b, even if the pin guide 351 interferes with the pin P that has fallen, it can be absorbed by the coil spring 357. It is possible to prevent adverse effects on the lowering operation of the.

  In the present embodiment, the pulling machine 343 that raises and lowers the ascending plate 341 and the retraction mechanism 360 that raises and lowers the lift plate 353 are configured by a crank mechanism that uses the rotation of the arm. The displacement speed at the time can be reduced.

  Therefore, since it is possible to suppress a large inertial force from acting on the ascending plate 341 and the lift plate 353 at the start and end of the displacement, the ascending plate 341 and the lift plate 353 can be smoothly displaced.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment, the shroud ring 132 is integrated with the shroud 130. However, in this embodiment, the shroud ring 132 is integrated with the rotating drum 111 and the outer peripheral side of the pocket portion 112A is closed. is there.

  Thereby, in this embodiment, when the rotating drum 111 rotates, it is possible to prevent the pin P stored in the pocket portion 112A from being transferred to the deformed slit 121 side while being rubbed against the shroud ring 132. While reducing the noise which generate | occur | produces at the time of transfer, it can suppress that abrasion of the pin P, the shroud ring 132, etc. advances.

(Third embodiment)
In the present embodiment, the pin collection efficiency in the collection unit 110 is further improved. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  26 is a front view of the recovery mechanism 100, FIG. 27 is a front view of the fixed plate 120, FIG. 28 is a front view of the fixed plate 120, and FIG. FIG. 29 (b) is a right side view of FIG. 29 (a).

  30 is a cross-sectional view of the rotating drum 111, FIG. 31 (a) is a front view of the shroud 130, FIG. 31 (b) is a view taken in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 31 (a), and FIGS. FIG. 40 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 26, FIG. 41 is a sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 26, and FIG. 42 is for explaining the effect of the recess 112F. FIG.

1. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26, in the present embodiment, the rotation center O1 side of the deformed slit 121 is expanded beyond the bottom 112C of the pocket portion 112A to the rotation center O1 side. As a result, the minor axis direction dimensions A and B (see FIG. 27) of the irregular slit 121 are made larger than those in the above-described embodiment, and the irregular slit 121 of the shroud ring 132 is supported as shown in FIG. The part to be cut out.

  Incidentally, in the present embodiment, the substantial minor axis direction dimension A1 (see FIG. 26) of the first hole 121A configured by the rotating drum 111 and the irregular slit 121 is the diameter dimension D2 of the large diameter part P2 of the pin P. (See FIG. 8 (b)) is about 0.9 times that of the second hole 121B constituted by the rotating drum 111 and the irregularly shaped slit 121 (see FIG. 26). It is about 1.1 times the diameter dimension D2 of the large diameter portion P2 of P.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 28, the depth dimension d1 of the pocket portion 112A, that is, the dimension from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating drum 111 to the bottom portion 112C is the depth dimension d1 of the rotating drum 111 on the forward side in the rotational direction. It is set to be larger than the depth dimension d2.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the side wall 112D on the receding direction in the rotational direction among the side walls of the pocket portion 112A extends substantially parallel to the radial direction from the rotational center O1, whereas the side wall 112E on the forward side in the rotational direction is , And extends in a direction parallel to a direction substantially perpendicular to the bottom 112C.

  And, as shown in FIG. 29 (a) and FIG. 29 (b), a concave portion 112F is provided on the stationary plate 120 side of the side wall 112D on the retreating direction side, and on the shroud ring 132 side, The recess 112F is set to a dimension that allows only the tip of the pin P to be inserted.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 37 (a), when the pin P is stored in the pocket portion 112A so that the tip end side of the pin P is in contact with the side wall 112D on the receding direction, the pin P is shown in FIG. 37 (b). As described above, the pin P is transferred to the deformed slit 121 in a state where the tip end side of the pin P is fitted in the recess 112F.

  On the other hand, when the pin P is stored in the pocket portion 112A so that the bottom portion of the pin P comes into contact with the side wall 112D on the rotation direction receding side, as shown in FIG. 32, the bottom portion side of the pin P is filled in the recess 112F. The pin P is transferred to the odd-shaped slit 121 without entering.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 30, a chamfered portion 113D is provided on the opposite side of the fixed plate 120 in the edge portion of the recessed portion 113 for transferring the ball B, and the chamfered portion 113D causes the recessed portion 113 to be formed. Is substantially smaller than the thickness H of the rotating drum 111. Note that the substantial depth d3 of the recess 113 refers to the dimension of the portion of the inner peripheral side surface 113C of the recess 113 that contributes to holding the ball B.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 40, a protruding portion 120A that protrudes toward the rotating drum 111 is provided on the fixed plate 120 corresponding to the pocket portion 112A and on the retreating direction side of the deformed slit 121 in the rotation direction. In this embodiment, the projecting portion 120A is configured by assembling a screw, such as a P screw, having a head portion formed in a curved surface to the fixed plate 120.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 41, a stirring portion 111D for stirring a plurality of pins P accumulated on the lower end side of the rotating drum 111 is provided on the surface of the rotating drum 111 opposite to the fixed plate 120. ing.

2. Features of the bowling gaming apparatus according to the present embodiment In the present embodiment, the substantial minor axis direction dimension A1 of the first hole 121A constituted by the rotating drum 111 and the irregularly shaped slit 121 is set to the large diameter part P2 of the pin P. Since it has been enlarged to about 0.9 times the diameter dimension D2, even if it is transferred to the deformed slit 121 in a state of being housed in the pocket portion 112A so that the bottom side of the pin P is positioned on the retreating side in the rotational direction, The pin P can be dropped in a state where the large diameter portion P2 of the pin P is located below the small diameter portion P1.

  That is, the pin P accommodated in the pocket portion 112A so that the bottom side is located on the retreating side in the rotational direction is transferred to the position where the deformed slit 121 is provided, as shown in FIG. When the small diameter portion P1 of the pin P reaches the first hole portion 121A, the tip end side of the pin P falls from the deformed slit 121 to the guide member 123 side, as shown in FIG.

  At this time, since the gap dimension A1 is expanded to about 0.9 times the diameter dimension D2 of the large diameter portion P2 of the pin P, when the tip side of the pin P starts to fall from the deformed slit 121 to the guide member 123 side, As shown in FIGS. 34 (a) and 34 (b), the pin P is turned upside down so that the large diameter portion P2 is on the upper side and the small diameter portion P1 is on the lower side due to gravity acting on the pin P.

  When the rotating drum 111 rotates in this state, the frictional force generated at the contact portion 121E (see FIG. 34B) between the outer edge of the first hole 121A and the pin P and the rotating force of the rotating drum 111, As shown in FIGS. 35A and 35B, a moment is applied to the pin P so that the large diameter portion P2 side of the pin P is positioned on the forward side in the rotational direction from the small diameter portion P1 side.

  Therefore, the pin P is transferred to the second hole 121B in a state where the large diameter portion P2 of the pin P is locked by the rotating drum 111 and the outer edge portion of the first hole 121A, and the large diameter portion P2 is When the second hole 121B is reached, as shown in FIGS. 36A and 36B, the entire pin P falls from the deformed slit 121 to the guide member 123, and the large diameter portion P2 is below the small diameter portion P1. It slides down in the pin shooter 103 so as to be located on the side.

  Therefore, even if the pin P is transferred to the deformed slit 121 in a state of being accommodated in the pocket portion 112A so that the bottom side of the pin P is positioned on the backward side in the rotation direction, the large diameter portion P2 of the pin P is surely more than the small diameter portion P1. The pin P can be dropped in a state of being positioned below.

  Further, when the pin P is housed in the pocket portion 112A so that the front end side of the pin P is positioned on the backward side in the rotation direction, as shown in FIGS. 37 (a) and 37 (b), the front end side of the pin P is the recess 112F. The pin P is transferred to the odd-shaped slit 121 in a state where the pin P is inserted.

  At this time, since the tip end side of the pin P is inserted into the recess 112F provided on the shroud ring 132 side of the side wall 112D on the rotation direction receding side, as shown in FIG. The part displaced from 121 is slidingly displaced.

  For this reason, the small-diameter portion P1 side of the pin P does not fall from the deformed slit 121 to the guide member 123 side, and the entire pin P moves with the rotation of the rotating drum 111, and the large-diameter portion P2 enters the second hole portion 121B. When reaching, as shown in FIGS. 39A and 39B, the entire pin P falls from the deformed slit 121 to the guide member 123 so that the large-diameter portion P2 is positioned below the small-diameter portion P1. It slides down in the pin shooter 103.

  By the way, when the pin P is transferred to the deformed slit 121 in a state of being accommodated in the pocket portion 112A so that the bottom side of the pin P is located on the retreating side in the rotation direction, as described above, the large diameter portion of the pin P As shown in FIG. 34 (b), the tip end side of the pin P is the first hole portion 121A because the rotating drum 111 is always rotating so that P2 is on the upper side and the small diameter portion P1 is on the lower side. There is a high possibility that the pin P will vibrate in the direction of the arrow so that the pin P dances in the state of falling.

  When the pin P vibrates so as to dance, the shroud ring 132 and the large-diameter portion P2 of the pin P collide, and the pin P may not be reliably dropped onto the guide member 123.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the portion corresponding to the deformed slit 121 is cut out in the shroud ring 132, the shroud ring 132 and the large diameter portion P2 of the pin P do not collide, The pin P can be reliably dropped on the guide member 123.

  In the present embodiment, the shroud ring 132 and the large diameter portion P2 of the pin P are prevented from colliding with each other. Therefore, the portion of the shroud ring 132 corresponding to the deformed slit 121 is not cut out. A portion of the shroud ring 132 corresponding to the odd-shaped slit 121 may be shaped to bulge outward in the radial direction so as to be separated from the rotating drum 111.

  In the present embodiment, the recess 112F into which the tip end of the pin P is fitted is provided on the fixed plate 120 side of the side wall 112D on the rolling direction retreat side, so that the pocket portion is in a state where the pin P is stabilized. It can be stored in 112A.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 8B, the diameter of the pin P decreases from the large diameter portion P2 toward the bottom as shown in FIG. 8B. Therefore, as shown in FIG. When F acts, the tip end side of the pin P is lifted so that the state shown by the solid line is changed to the state shown by the two-dot chain line.

  For this reason, when another pin P collides with the bottom side of the large-diameter portion P2 of the pin P stored in the pocket portion 112A, the tip side of the stored pin P is lifted from the fixed plate 120.

  At this time, when the pin P is accommodated in the pocket portion 112A so that the tip end side of the pin P is positioned on the backward side in the rotation direction (see FIG. 37), the pin P is supported on the tip end side of the pin P. Therefore, if the tip end side of the pin P is lifted from the fixed plate 120, the pin P accommodated falls from the pocket portion 112A, and the recovery rate of the pin P is lowered.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the recess 112F into which the tip end of the pin P is fitted is provided on the fixed plate 120 side of the side wall 112D on the rotation direction receding side, so that the bottom side of the large diameter part P2 is provided. Even if another pin P collides, it is possible to prevent the tip side of the pin P from floating from the fixed plate 120. Therefore, since it can suppress that the pin P accommodated falls from the pocket part 112A, it can suppress that the collection rate of the pin P falls.

  In the state where the pin P is stored in the pocket portion 112A so that the bottom side of the pin P is positioned on the backward side in the rotation direction, the state of the pin P is stable, so the bottom side of the large diameter portion P2 Even if other pins P collide with each other, they hardly fall from the pin P pocket portion 112A.

  By the way, if the depth dimension of the recess 113 is sufficiently large, the pin P may be inserted into the recess 113 and transferred. Therefore, in this embodiment, the chamfered portion 113D is provided on the opposite side of the fixed plate 120 in the edge portion of the recessed portion 113, so that the substantial depth d3 of the recessed portion 113 is made smaller than the thickness H of the rotating drum 111, and the recessed portion It is prevented that the pin P is inserted into 113 and transferred.

  If the thickness H of the rotating drum 111 is reduced, it is not necessary to provide the chamfered portion 113D. However, if the thickness H of the rotating drum 111 is reduced, the pin P easily falls from the pocket portion 112A. The pin P cannot be transferred, and the recovery rate of the pin P is lowered.

  This can be solved by using a rotating drum 111 having a different thickness H on the outer peripheral side (pocket portion 112A side) of the rotating drum 111 and a thickness H on the concave portion 113 side. There is a possibility that the shape of the drum 111 becomes complicated and the manufacturing cost of the rotating drum 111 increases.

  However, in this embodiment, since the chamfered portion 113D is provided on the opposite side of the fixed plate 120 in the edge portion of the recessed portion 113, a pin is attached to the recessed portion 113 while suppressing an increase in the manufacturing cost of the rotating drum 111. It is possible to prevent the P from being inserted and transferred, and the pin P from being easily dropped from the pocket portion 112A.

  By the way, even if the pin P accommodated in the pocket portion 112A in an incomplete state is transferred to the deformed slit 121, the pin P does not fall at the deformed slit 121 as described above. The pin cannot be collected, leading to a reduction in the pin collection rate.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, since the protruding portion 120A is provided on the fixed plate 120 corresponding to the pocket portion 112A and on the rotational direction backward side from the deformed slit 121, the pocket portion 112A is not provided. The pin P accommodated in the complete state can be positively dropped from the pocket portion 112A before being transferred to the odd-shaped slit 121, and the recovery rate of the pin P can be improved.

  That is, the pin P housed in the pocket portion 112A in a complete state refers to a state in which the pin P is in contact with the fixed plate 120 at two locations of the small diameter portion P1 and the large diameter portion P2. On the other hand, the pin P stored in the pocket portion 112A in an incomplete state refers to a state in which the pin P is in contact with the fixed plate 120 only in one of the small diameter portion P1 and the large diameter portion P2.

  For this reason, the pin P accommodated in the pocket portion 112A in an incomplete state, for example, has a state in which the tip side of the pin P protrudes from the rotating drum 111 to the opposite side (hereinafter referred to as the front side) from the fixed plate 120. Therefore, even if it is transferred to the deformed slit 121, there is a high possibility that the deformed slit 121 will not drop as described above.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the protrusion 120A is provided, the pin P is pushed to the front side by the protrusion 120A before the pin P reaches the deformed slit 121. For this reason, since the pin P accommodated in the pocket part 112A in an incomplete state can be prevented from being transferred to the deformed slit 121, the recovery rate of the pin P can be improved.

  The pin P housed in the pocket portion 112A in the complete state is also pushed to the front side by the protruding portion 120A, but the pin P housed in the pocket portion 112A in the complete state has the small diameter portion P1 and the large portion. Since it is in contact with the fixed plate 120 at two locations of the diameter portion P2, it does not fall from the pocket portion 112A.

  By the way, when a plurality of pins P collected on the lower end side of the rotating drum 111 are arranged in an orderly manner, the collected pins P are difficult to enter the pocket portion 112A, so that the recovery rate of the pins P decreases. End up.

  On the other hand, in this embodiment, since the stirring unit 111D is provided on the front side of the rotating drum 111, a plurality of pins P accumulated on the lower end side of the rotating drum 111 are stirred by the stirring unit 111D. Therefore, since it is possible to prevent a plurality of pins P collected on the lower end side of the rotating drum 111 from being arranged in an orderly manner, it is possible to prevent the recovery rate of the pins P from being lowered.

(Fourth embodiment)
The present embodiment relates to a bracket mounting structure for mounting various components to the bowling gaming apparatus 1. Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described by taking as an example a case where the bracket 600 is attached to the side surface of the lane 3 in the bowling gaming apparatus 1.

  43 is an external side view of the bowling gaming apparatus 1, FIG. 44 is a cross-sectional view of the side frame 610 (AA cross-sectional view of FIG. 43), and FIG. 45 (a) is a front view of the bracket 600. 45 (b) is a side view of the bracket 600, FIG. 45 (c) is a rear view of the bracket 600, FIG. 46 is an attachment explanatory view of the bracket 600, and FIG. It is sectional drawing (BB sectional drawing of FIG. 43) which shows the state which attached 600. FIG.

  In the bowling gaming apparatus 1, as shown in FIG. 43, a side frame 610 extending in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the lane 3 is provided on the side surface of the lane 3, and a portion of the side frame 610 where the bracket 600 is assembled. As shown in FIG. 44, a pair of groove portions 611 and 612 facing each other at a predetermined interval are provided.

  In the present embodiment, the pair of grooves 611 and 612 also extend in the same direction as the side frame 610, and the grooves 611 and 612 are extruded or drawn into a metal material such as aluminum together with the side frame 610. Are integrally formed.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 45A, the bracket 600 is fitted into the mounting portion 601 to which various components are assembled and the pair of groove portions 611 and 612, and the fitting is provided with the mounting portion 601. It consists of a plate 602 and the like.

  And the dimension (henceforth height dimension) W2 between the parts fitted to the groove parts 611 and 612 among the fitting plates 602 is slightly smaller than the dimension W1 (refer FIG. 44) between a pair of groove parts 611 and 612. As shown in FIG. 45 (c), the diagonal portion of the fitting plate 602 has a chamfer 603 such that the diagonal dimension W3 is substantially the same as the height dimension W2. Is provided.

  Therefore, when the bracket 600 is attached to the side frame 610, as shown in FIG. 46, the bracket 600 is tilted so that the chamfer 603 is substantially parallel to the grooves 611 and 612 (shown by a two-dot chain line). The fitting plate 602 can be fitted into the grooves 611 and 612 by rotating the bracket 600 from the state) to the state indicated by the solid line.

  By the way, in this embodiment, since the height dimension W2 of the fitting plate 602 is set to be slightly smaller than the dimension W1 between the pair of groove portions 611 and 612, the bracket 600 extends along the groove portions 611 and 612. , Can move in its longitudinal direction.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 43, a restriction plate 630 that restricts the bracket 600 from moving in the longitudinal direction of the side frame 610 on both sides of the bracket 600 assembled to the side frame 610. Is inserted between the pair of grooves 611 and 612.

  Since the restriction plate 630 also serves as a positioning member for the bracket 600, it is desirable to fit the bracket 600 into the grooves 611 and 612 after the restriction plate 630 is fitted into the grooves 611 and 612. Since the restriction plate 630 is made of an elastically deformable member such as a resin, even after the bracket 600 is attached to the side frame 610, the restriction plate 630 is between the pair of grooves 611 and 612. Can be inserted.

(Fifth embodiment)
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 48, the discharge port 123C of the guide member 123 is arranged at the substantially center in the width direction (horizontal direction), and when viewed from the rear side, the opening direction of the discharge port 123C is the vertical direction ( (Vertical direction).

  That is, in the above-described embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 12, the opening direction of the discharge port 123C does not coincide with the vertical direction (vertical direction) when viewed from the rear side. The opening direction of 123C substantially coincides with the vertical direction (vertical direction).

Thereby, in this embodiment, since it is possible to prevent the pin shooter 103 from being deformed excessively, the pin P can be smoothly dropped to the distribution mechanism 210.
Further, since the opening direction of the discharge port 123C coincides with the vertical direction (vertical direction), when the guide member 123 is molded, the mold for molding the guide member 123 can be divided vertically. Therefore, the mold structure can be a simple structure, and the productivity of the guide member 123 can be improved.

(Sixth Embodiment)
In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 49, a shooter damping plate 201B that forcibly attenuates vibration of the pin shooter 103 can be provided in the shooter fixing portion 201, and the pin P jumps at the upper part on the outlet side of the mounting nozzle 202. A flip-up damping plate 202A that suppresses raising is provided.

  As described above, in this embodiment, since the pin shooter 103 is prevented from vibrating more than necessary by the shooter damping plate 201B, the occurrence of a problem that the pin P stops in the pin shooter 103 is suppressed. it can.

  Further, since the jumping damping plate 202A is provided at the upper part on the outlet side of the mounting nozzle 202, when the pin P falls on the transport unit 230, unnecessary vibration is generated so that the pin P dances. Can be prevented.

  In this embodiment, the shooter damping plate 201B is configured by bringing a metal plate into contact with the lower surface side of the pin shooter 103, and the flip-up damping plate 202A is a plate member made of an elastic member such as rubber. Although it is configured by being assembled to the upper part on the outlet side of the installation nozzle 202, the configuration of the damping plates 201B and 202A is not limited to this.

(Seventh Embodiment)
In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 50A and 50B, the conveyance unit 230 is provided with a pin damping member 239 that prevents the pin P from jumping away from the conveyance belt 231. It is. The vibration damping member 239 according to the present embodiment is configured by an elastic member made of rope-like rubber or the like extending in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the pin P.

  Incidentally, FIG. 50A is a view of the transport unit 230 as viewed from the upper surface side, FIG. 50B is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 50A, and FIG. It is the figure which looked at the conveyance belt 231 from the arrow B direction.

  Thereby, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 51, even if the pin P discharged from the mounting nozzle 202 collides with the transport belt 231, it can be prevented that the pin P jumps in the transport unit 230. Therefore, the pin P can be conveyed stably.

(Eighth Embodiment)
In this embodiment, when the belt of the belt conveyor 101 is reciprocated in the transport direction without rotating, and the displacement speed when displacing toward the backward side in the transport direction is displaced toward the forward side after the transport direction. This is larger than the displacement speed.

  52 is a top view of the belt conveyor 101 according to the present embodiment, FIG. 53 is a side view of the belt conveyor 101 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 54 is an operation principle diagram of the reciprocating mechanism.

  52 and 53, the belt conveyor 101 includes an endless belt 101A, a tension roller 101B that applies a predetermined tension to the belt 101A, a driving roller 101C that applies a driving force to the belt 101A, and a driving roller. A drive mechanism 101D for swinging the 101C is configured. In the present embodiment, the belt 101A is fixed to the driving roller 101C by fixing means such as a bolt 101L (see FIG. 53).

  The tension roller 101B can be displaced to the frame 101E via the tensioner 101F, and the spring 101G of the tensioner 101F applies a force in a direction to separate the tension roller 101B from the drive roller 101C via the tensioner 101F. It acts on the roller 101B. The drive roller 101C is assembled so as to be rotatable in a state in which it cannot be displaced with respect to the frame 101E.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 53, the drive mechanism 101D is rotated by an electric motor 101H that generates a rotational force, the electric motor 101H, and a crank portion 101J that revolves around the rotation center of the electric motor 101H. It is composed of a slider rod 101K and the like for converting the turning motion of the portion 101J into a swinging motion and transmitting it to the driving roller 101C.

  Then, the drive roller 101C moves to the transport direction advance side in the turning range indicated by “downstream” in FIG. 54, and the drive roller 101C moves to the transport direction backward side in the turning range indicated by “upstream”. In the present embodiment, the electric motor 101H rotates leftward (counterclockwise) as shown by the arrow in FIG.

  At this time, since the crank portion 101J is turning at an equal angular speed, the displacement speed when the belt 101A is displaced toward the backward direction in the conveyance direction is the displacement when the belt 101A is displaced toward the forward side in the conveyance direction. The pin P can be conveyed while preventing the skew of the belt 101A because the speed becomes higher.

  That is, generally, in the belt conveyor, if the dimension in the belt conveyance direction is 2/3 or less of the dimension in the width direction (axial direction of the drive roller 101C, etc.), the belt is skewed. Often not.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the belt 101A is reciprocated in the transport direction without rotating, so that the skew of the belt 101A does not occur in principle, but simply by reciprocating the belt 101A. The pin P cannot be conveyed.

  In other words, in this embodiment, when the belt 101A is displaced toward the forward side in the transport direction, the displacement speed of the belt 101A is relatively small, so that the pin P advances integrally with the belt 101A.

  On the other hand, when the belt 101A is displaced toward the backward side in the conveying direction, the belt 101A is displaced at a large speed, so that the inertial force acting on the pin P exceeds the frictional force generated at the contact portion between the belt and the pin P, The pin P stops in place due to its inertial mass, and only the belt 101A moves backward.

  That is, in the present embodiment, when the belt 101A is displaced forward in the transport direction, the pin P is displaced together with the displacement of the belt 101A, and when the belt 101A is displaced backward in the transport direction, only the belt 101A is displaced backward. Therefore, the pins P can be transported while preventing the skew of the belt 101A.

  By the way, if the belt 101A is provided with a skew prevention function, the pin P can be conveyed if the belt 101A is simply rotated without reciprocating, but as in the present embodiment, the tension roller 101B. If the diameter of the belt is small, it is difficult to provide the belt 101A with a function of preventing skew. Therefore, this embodiment is particularly effective when applied to a belt conveyor in which the diameter size of the tension roller 101B and the driving roller 101C is small.

  In this embodiment, since the belt 101A is a line object with respect to the center line connecting the center of the tension roller 101B and the center of the driving roller 101C, the dynamic balance when the belt 101A is reciprocated is balanced. be able to. Therefore, it can suppress that the load of the electric motor 101H which drives the drive roller 101C increases more than necessary.

  In the present embodiment, the belt 101A is fixed to the driving roller 101C, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and is fixed to at least one of the tension roller 101B and the driving roller 101C. Alternatively, the fixing means may be eliminated by sufficiently increasing the frictional force generated on the contact surface between the belt 101A and the driving roller 101C.

(Other embodiments)
In the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to Bilibo (registered trademark), but the application of the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to a normal bowling game apparatus.

  In the above-described embodiment, the recess 113 of the rotating drum 111 is configured by a through hole. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the recess 113 is configured by a hole that does not pass through. Also good.

  In the above-described embodiment, the rotating drum 111 and the fixed plate 120 are inclined with respect to the vertical direction. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the rotating drum 111 and the fixed plate 120 are in the vertical direction. And may be parallel.

Moreover, in the above-mentioned embodiment, although the pin P collect | recovered using the irregular shaped slit 121 was arranged in the same direction, this invention is not limited to this.
Further, the distribution mechanism 210, the transport unit 230, the pin setter 300, and the pin guide lifting / lowering mechanism 350 are not limited to the mechanisms shown in the above embodiments.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as long as it matches the gist of the invention described in the claims.

It is a figure which shows arrangement | positioning of the collection | recovery mechanism 100, the pin setter 300, and the payout mechanism 400 of the pin P among the bowling game devices 1. FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the recovery mechanism 100 (viewed in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 1). It is the figure which looked at the front side of recovery mechanism 100 from the horizontal direction. (A) is a front view of the shroud 130, (b) is a right side view of FIG. 4 (a). It is the figure which looked at the state when the pin P falls from the irregular shaped slit 121 from the back surface side. It is the figure which looked at the state shown in FIG. 5 from the right side of FIG. 2 is a front view of a rotating drum 111. FIG. (A) is a front view of the fixed plate 120, and (b) is a front view of the pin P. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows the motion of the ball | bowl B and the pin P which are collect | recovered by the collection | recovery mechanism 100. FIG. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows the motion of the ball | bowl B and the pin P which are collect | recovered by the collection | recovery mechanism 100. FIG. It is the figure which looked at the collection mechanism 100 from the back side. It is a B arrow line view of FIG. It is the figure seen from the upper surface which shows the installation state of the distribution shooter 250. FIG. (A) is the figure which looked at the distribution mechanism 210 from the arrow B of FIG. 1, (b) is a top view of FIG. 14 (a). FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a pin transport mechanism 200. FIG. 16 is a left side view of FIG. 15. (A)-(d) is a figure which shows the raise operation | movement of the pin P. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a piston part 320. FIG. (A) is sectional drawing of the pin guide 351, (b) is AA sectional drawing of Fig.19 (a). It is a figure which shows the action | operation of the evacuation mechanism 360. FIG. It is a figure which shows the action | operation of the evacuation mechanism 360. FIG. It is A arrow line view of FIG. (A) is a figure which shows the state by which the pin P was clamped by the pin guide 351, (b) is a figure which shows the state by which pinching of the pin P was released. It is a block diagram which shows the electric system of the bowling game device. It is a figure which shows the state of the pin P accommodated in the pocket part 112A. 3 is a front view of the recovery mechanism 100. FIG. 3 is a front view of a fixed plate 120. FIG. 3 is a front view of a fixed plate 120. FIG. (A) is an A arrow view of FIG. 28, (b) is a right view of FIG. 29 (a). 2 is a cross-sectional view of a rotating drum 111. FIG. (A) is a front view of shroud 130, (b) is an A arrow view of Fig.31 (a). 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the recovery mechanism 100. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the recovery mechanism 100. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the recovery mechanism 100. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the recovery mechanism 100. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the recovery mechanism 100. FIG. (A) It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of the collection | recovery mechanism 100, (b) is the A section enlarged view of (a). 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the recovery mechanism 100. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the recovery mechanism 100. FIG. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is BB sectional drawing of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the effect of the recessed part 112F. 1 is an external side view of a bowling gaming device 1. FIG. FIG. 44 is a cross-sectional view of the side frame 610 (A-A cross-sectional view of FIG. 43). (A) is a front view of the bracket 600, (b) is a side view of the bracket 600, and (c) is a back view of the bracket 600. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of attachment of a bracket 600. It is sectional drawing (BB sectional drawing of FIG. 43) which shows the state which attached the bracket 600 to the side frame 610. FIG. It is a figure which shows the characteristic of 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the characteristic of 6th Embodiment of this invention. (A) And (b) is a figure which shows the characteristic of 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the effect of 7th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the characteristic of 8th Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 53 is a side view (partial cross-sectional view) of FIG. 52. It is an operation explanatory view of drive mechanism 101D.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Boring game device, 3 ... Lane, 3A ... Hole part, 4 ... Frame,
20 ... Pin transport mechanism, 100 ... Recovery mechanism, 101 ... Belt conveyor,
103 ... pin shooter, 105 ... ball shooter, 110 ... collecting section,
111 ... Rotating drum, 111A ... Rotating shaft, 112 ... Projection, 112A ... Pocket part,
121A ... first hole, 121B ... second hole, 122 ... gap, 123 ... guide member,
123A ... receiving surface, 123B ... inclined guide surface, 123C ... discharge port, 123D ... resistor,
124 ... Lid, 124A ... Link mechanism, 124B ... Motor, 125 ... Recovery hole,
130 ... shroud, 131 ... guide blade, 132 ... shroud ring,
140 ... motor, 200 ... pin conveyance mechanism, 201 ... shooter fixing part,
202 ... Mounting nozzle, 203 ... Rail, 204 ... Drive belt, 205 ... Motor,
210 ... Distributing mechanism, 230 ... Conveying unit, 231 ... Conveying belt,
232 ... Locking projection, 233 ... Guide blade, 234 ... Guide,
235 ... driven roller, 236 ... driving roller, 237 ... motor,
238 ... tension lever, 250 ... distribution shooter, 251 ... pin supply port,
300 ... Pinsetter, 301 ... Pin lifter, 302 ... Cylinder part,
303 ... 1st cylinder, 304 ... 2nd cylinder, 305 ... 1st projection part,
306 ... 1st coil spring, 307 ... 2nd projection part, 308 ... Stopper part,
309 ... Loading port, 320 ... Piston part, 321 ... Base part, 322 ... Push rod,
323 ... second coil spring, 324 ... holding member, 324A ... through hole, 325 ... bolt,
340 ... Lifting mechanism, 341 ... Lifting plate, 342 ... Chain, 343 ... Lifting machine,
344 ... arm, 345 ... movable sprocket, 346 ... idle sprocket,
350 ... Pin guide lifting mechanism, 351 ... Pin guide, 351A ... Projection,
352 ... sandwiching rod, 353 ... lift plate, 354 ... movable plate,
355 ... Actuator, 356 ... Fixing tool, 356A ... Bolt,
357 ... Coil spring, 358 ... Pin sensor, 360 ... Retraction mechanism, 361 ... Lifting guide,
362 ... guide shoe, 363 ... beam, 364 ... chain,
400: Dispensing mechanism, 500: Control circuit.

Claims (8)

This is applied to a bowling game device in which a player rolls a ball toward a plurality of pins arranged upright on a lane, and the pins are arranged at predetermined positions on the lane. A pin setter to be installed,
A pin lifter that raises the standing pin to the lane;
A pin guide that prevents the pin that has risen above the lane from falling on the lane;
A pin setter comprising: a retraction mechanism for retreating the pin guide from the lane. The pin lifter is
A plurality of cylinder parts formed in a cylindrical shape to be loaded in a state in which the pins stand up, and a lifting mechanism for raising the cylinder parts;
The pin setter according to claim 1, further comprising a loading port for loading a pin on a side surface of the cylinder portion. In the cylinder part, a piston part that can be displaced in the cylinder part is provided,
After the cylinder portion and the piston portion are integrally lifted by a predetermined amount, only the piston portion is lifted to operate so as to push up a pin from the hole provided in the lane. The pin setter according to claim 2.   The pin setter according to claim 3, wherein the hole is closed by the piston portion. The piston part is
A pedestal that contacts the pin and closes the hole; and a first elastic displacement part that transmits the ascending force of the ascent mechanism to the pedestal and is elastically deformable in the displacement direction of the piston part. The pin setter according to claim 4, wherein the pin setter is configured as described above.   The pin setter according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pin guide is provided with a pinching portion for pinching the pin.   The pin setter according to claim 6, wherein the pin guide is provided with detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a pin. The retraction mechanism is configured to switch between a case where the pin guide is displaced from the lane and a case where the pin guide is retreated from the lane by displacing the pin guide in the vertical direction.
Furthermore, it has a 2nd elastic displacement part which connects the said evacuation mechanism side and the said pin guide, and is elastically displaced to an up-down direction, It is comprised, The any one of Claim 1 thru | or 7 characterized by the above-mentioned. Pin setter described in one.

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