JP2011125368A - Sandwiched vending device for facility of bank of game machines - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sandwiched vending device for a facility of a bank of game machines which is capable of forming an air curtain sufficiently wide in the height direction for sufficiently exerting the shutoff effect of cigarette smoke or the like and highly efficiently forming the air curtain. <P>SOLUTION: The sandwiched vending device includes: substantially cylindrical fan members 3; frames F; and motors 4 disposed in one end sides of the fan members 3 in the frames F and rotatingly driving the fan members 3 about rotary shafts. The fan members 3 and the motors 4 are assembled with the frames F to constitute a blower unit Y, a pair of the blower units Y are vertically disposed in a device body 2, the upper blower unit Y is disposed with the motor 4 on the lower end side of the fan member 3, while the lower blower unit Y is disposed with the motor 4 on the upper end side of the fan member 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an inter-island equipment inter-unit apparatus that is installed between adjacent game machines of an island facility and can form an air curtain by blowing air toward the front.

  Normally, a plurality of gaming machines (pachinko gaming machines, slot machines, etc.) are juxtaposed in an island facility installed in a pachinko parlor, and a table unit is installed between adjacent gaming machines. However, in order to suppress the smoke of the player's cigarettes from reaching the player of the adjacent gaming machine, a fan that blows forward is provided, and an air curtain is formed by driving the fan. Possible pedestal devices have been proposed.

  For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a blower such as a fan is disposed in the inter-device, and an air suction port and a discharge port are formed on the front side of the device main body to drive the blower. As a result, the air curtain can be formed by blowing air from the outlet toward the front (player side). With such an air curtain, it is possible to prevent tobacco smoke and the like from reaching the adjacent gaming machine.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-118327

  However, in the above-mentioned inter-unit equipment of the island facility, since the air suction port and the discharge port are formed on the front side of the device body, the vertical size of the discharge port cannot be set large, There is a problem that it is difficult to form an air curtain of a large size. In other words, since the air curtain forms a wall by the flow of air and blocks smoke such as cigarettes, it is preferable to form a wide air curtain in the vertical direction by forming the discharge port large in the vertical direction. However, in the conventional device, it is necessary to form an air suction port in addition to the discharge port on the front side of the apparatus main body, and it is difficult to take sufficient dimensions in the vertical direction of the discharge port. It was.

  Accordingly, the applicant of the present invention has a substantially cylindrical fan member that is rotatably arranged around a rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction in the apparatus main body, and has a blade for blowing air on the side surface, A fan unit is configured by assembling a frame for attaching the fan member to the apparatus main body and a motor disposed on one end side of the fan member in the frame and driving the fan member around the rotation axis. It has been considered to arrange a pair of upper and lower units in the apparatus main body.

  However, when a pair of upper and lower air blowing units are arranged, it is possible to perform air blowing having a width in the vertical direction, but there are other functional parts such as a lock mechanism that locks the opening of the front frame of the adjacent pachinko gaming machine. When it is disposed in the apparatus main body, there is a possibility that air is blown to the other functional parts. In that case, there is a problem that the air from the fan member is blocked by the other functional parts and the air curtain cannot be formed efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and it is possible to form a sufficiently wide air curtain in the height direction so as to sufficiently exhibit the shielding effect of cigarette smoke, etc. The object is to provide an inter-unit equipment for island facilities that can be formed.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an inter-unit equipment of an island facility that is installed between adjacent game machines of an island facility and can form an air curtain by blowing air toward the front side. A device body that can be installed in the vicinity of the device, and a substantially cylindrical shape that is disposed so as to be rotatable around a rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction in the device body and has blades for blowing air on the side surface A fan member, a frame for attaching the fan member to the apparatus main body, and a motor which is disposed on one end side of the fan member in the frame and rotates the fan member around a rotation axis. The fan member and the motor are assembled to the frame to form a blower unit, and a pair of the blower units are arranged in the apparatus main body so that the upper blower unit The fan member and the motor on the lower end side is disposed of, and, on the lower side of the blower unit and said motor to the upper end side of the fan member is arranged.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the inter-unit device of the island facility according to the first aspect, the device is formed to extend in the vertical direction on the back surface of the device main body, and sucks air into the device main body by the rotational drive of the fan member. And a discharge port that is formed to extend in the vertical direction on the front surface of the apparatus main body, and that can blow air forward by discharging the air sucked from the suction port by the rotational drive of the fan member. It is characterized by having.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the fan member and the motor are assembled to the frame to constitute the air blowing unit, and the air blowing unit is disposed in a pair in the upper and lower sides in the apparatus main body, and the upper air blowing unit has the fan member. A motor is arranged on the lower end side, and a motor is arranged on the upper end side of the fan member in the lower air blowing unit, so that it is sufficient in the height direction to sufficiently exert the shielding effect of cigarette smoke etc. A wide air curtain can be formed, and the air curtain can be formed efficiently.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the suction port is formed to extend in the vertical direction on the back surface of the apparatus main body, and can suck air into the apparatus main body by rotational driving of the fan member, and in the vertical direction on the front surface of the apparatus main body. It has a discharge port that can be blown forward by discharging the air sucked from the suction port by rotating the fan member so that a wide range of air sucked from the suction port can be smoothly drawn in the vertical direction. By discharging from a wide discharge port in the vertical direction, a sufficiently wide air curtain in the height direction can be satisfactorily formed, and the blocking effect of cigarette smoke and the like can be sufficiently exhibited.

The front view which shows the stand apparatus of the island installation which concerns on embodiment of this invention Side view showing the internal configuration of the inter-device device Rear view showing the same unit Schematic diagram showing the flow of air during blowing in the inter-device system It is the enlarged view which shows the fan member and motor in the same inter-device, (a) The schematic diagram seen from the side surface (b) The schematic diagram seen from the suction port side (c) The schematic diagram which cut down a part Schematic diagram showing the vicinity of the motor in the same unit Schematic diagram showing the entire island facility where the same inter-device is installed

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 7, the inter-device equipment of the island facility according to the present embodiment is installed between adjacent pachinko gaming machines P of the island facility S in the pachinko game shop, and is directed forward (front side in the figure). An air curtain can be formed by blowing air. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the apparatus main body 2, the fan member 3, the motor 4, the suction port 5, the discharge port 6, and the lock mechanism 19. And is configured.

  The device main body 2 constitutes the housing of the inter-device device 1 and has a box shape that is vertically elongated as a whole. The device main body 2 can be installed near the side of the pachinko gaming machine P in the island facility S and is installed inside. Various components are housed. The device body 2 has a vertical dimension substantially the same as the height of the pachinko gaming machine P, with the front surface 2a facing the front of the island facility S and the rear surface 2b facing the space in the island facility S. To be fixed.

  The device main body 2 is provided with a lock mechanism 19 that regulates the opening of the front frame (front door) in the pachinko gaming machine P adjacent to the adjacent side. Such a lock mechanism 19 is in contact with or close to the front frame of the pachinko gaming machine P, and locks the lock unit 19a between the lock position and the non-lock position. And a moving mechanism for moving the

  In the apparatus main body 2, an operating means 7, an indicator lamp 9 and a jet outlet 10 are formed on the upper part of the front surface 2 a. The indicator lamp 9 is formed of a plurality of LEDs, and can light up and display the drive state of the fan member 3 (drive state of the motor 4) and the operation state of the lock mechanism 13. The spout 10 is an opening for spraying the charged fine particle water generated by the electrostatic atomized fine particle water generator 11 (see FIG. 2) forward (player side). The electrostatic atomized fine particle water generator 11 is for supplying water from the nozzle 11a provided on the back surface 2b to make this water into charged fine particle water by electrostatic atomization action. The air in the vicinity of the player is cleaned or humidified, so that a comfortable game space can be obtained.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a control board 14 on which a predetermined electric circuit is formed is attached to the back surface of the upper and lower partition plates 12 attached to the upper side. The control board 14 is composed of a printed board including a microcomputer for controlling various electric parts (such as the motor 4) disposed in the apparatus main body 2, and is partitioned by general-purpose fastening means such as screws. It is fixed to the back side of the plate 12.

  With this configuration, the air curtain can be formed by blowing air from the fan member 3, and the control board 14 can be cooled. That is, it is possible to divert the air for forming the air curtain and suppress the microcomputer and the like on the control board 14 from being overheated by the air. Therefore, overheating of the control board 14 can be prevented, and a separate cooling means for the control board 14 is not required. Note that reference numeral 15 in FIG. 2 indicates a cooling means that is formed to protrude from the control board 14.

  The fan member 3 is formed of a so-called cross-flow fan, and as shown in FIG. 5, the fan member 3 is disposed so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis L extending in the vertical direction in the apparatus body 2, It has a substantially cylindrical shape in which blades 3a for blowing air are formed. The fan member 3 is rotatably attached to the frame F, and a motor 4 is formed on one end side of the frame F (one end side of the fan member 3).

  The motor 4 is a drive source for rotationally driving the fan member 3 around the rotation axis L. As shown in FIG. 6, the output shaft 17 connected to the fan member 3 via a bush 16, and the A bearing 18 that rotatably supports the output shaft 17 is provided, and a stator and a rotor (not shown) are included. The bearing 18 is sufficient if it can support the output shaft 17 in a freely rotatable manner, and is composed of general-purpose support means such as a ball bearing and a needle bearing. When electric power is supplied to the motor 4, the output shaft 17 is rotationally driven, whereby the rotational force is transmitted to the fan member 3 through the bush 16, and the fan member 3 is rotated about the rotational axis L. To get. The other end of the fan member 3 is rotatably supported by a bearing or a bush (not shown).

  In the present embodiment, the fan member 3 and the motor 4 are assembled and integrated into the same frame F to constitute a blower unit Y, and the blower unit Y is paired in the upper and lower sides (upper blower in the apparatus main body 2). Unit Y and lower air blowing unit Y) are arranged side by side. Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the motor 4 is disposed on the lower end side of the fan member 3 in the upper air blowing unit Y, and the fan member is disposed in the lower air blowing unit Y. A motor 4 is disposed on the upper end side of 3.

  Thus, as shown in FIG. 4, the pair of upper and lower air blowing units Y are arranged substantially linearly in the vertical direction, and are arranged on the lower end and the lower side of the fan member 3 arranged on the upper side. The distance t between the upper end of the fan member 3 is set to be substantially equal to or larger than the width of the lock mechanism 19. That is, the upper end of the fan member 3 disposed on the upper side and the lower end of the fan member 3 disposed on the lower side are separated from each other by the size of each motor 4, and the lock mechanism 19 is set to the separation dimension t. It is arranged. Thereby, it can suppress that the ventilation from the upper fan member 3 and the ventilation from the lower fan member 3 are blocked | interrupted by the lock mechanism 19, and an air curtain can be formed efficiently.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5B and 5C, the air that covers part of the side surface of the fan member 3 and exhausts the air sucked from the suction port 5 toward the discharge port 6. Is formed on the frame F. Reference numeral Fb in the drawing is a connecting portion that connects the upper and lower frames, and does not cover the side surface of the fan member 3 unlike the guide portion Fa. In addition, the suction port 5 is formed on the right side of FIG. 5C and the discharge port 6 is formed on the left side, and the air flow is indicated by arrows.

  Although the guide portion Fa covers a part of the side surface of the fan member 3, at least the side surface of the fan member 3 faces the discharge port 6 and the suction port 5. That is, the guide part Fa has a width from the edge part Faa to the edge part Fab, and covers the side surface of the fan member 3 within the range, but other parts are covered with the guide part Fa. In other words, the air sucked from the suction port 5 can be discharged well toward the discharge port 6.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the suction port 5 is formed to extend in the vertical direction on the back surface 2 b of the apparatus main body 2, and can suck air into the apparatus main body 2 by the rotational drive of the fan member 3. That is, in the present embodiment, as shown in the figure, a plurality of long holes extending in the left-right direction are formed in the vertical direction with respect to the back surface 2b of the apparatus body 2, thereby forming the suction port 5 extending in the vertical direction. It is doing. 2 and 3, reference numeral 13 denotes an activated carbon filter covering the suction port 5, and the air sucked from the suction port 5 can be filtered and purified.

  The discharge port 6 is formed to extend in the vertical direction on the front surface 2a of the apparatus main body 2 and opens in a slit shape, and blows air forward by discharging the air sucked from the suction port 5 by the rotational drive of the fan member 3. Therefore, a so-called air curtain can be formed between the adjacent pachinko gaming machines P by such blowing. That is, in this embodiment, since the suction port 5 is formed in the back surface 2b of the apparatus body 2, the discharge port 6 can be formed over a wide range on the front surface 2a of the apparatus body 2, and the air curtain The width in the height direction (vertical direction) (the height of the wall formed by the air flow) can be set large.

  An upper portion of the front surface 2a of the apparatus main body 2 is used to turn on / off the drive of the fan member 3 (that is, to turn on / off the motor 4) or to arbitrarily adjust the rotational speed of the fan member 3. The operating means 7 is provided. Specifically, the operating means 7 includes an operation knob that can be pressed and rotated. The fan member 3 is started or stopped by the pressing operation, and the variable resistor 8 (FIG. 2) is rotated by the rotating operation. The fan member 3 can be adjusted to an arbitrary rotational speed by changing the current sent to the motor 4 by operating the reference.

  According to this embodiment, the fan member 3 and the motor 4 are assembled to the frame F to form the air blowing unit Y, and the air blowing units Y are arranged in a pair in the apparatus main body 2 so that the upper air blowing unit Y is disposed. Since the motor 4 is disposed on the lower end side of the fan member 3 and the motor 4 is disposed on the upper end side of the fan member 3 in the lower air blowing unit Y, the effect of blocking cigarette smoke and the like is sufficient. A sufficiently wide air curtain can be formed in the height direction so that the air curtain can be exhibited, and the air curtain can be formed efficiently. In addition, since air cannot be blown in the range in which the motor 4 is disposed, the dead space in the apparatus main body 2 can be effectively utilized by providing the lock mechanism 19 which is another functional part of the inter-device in this range. it can.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a substantially cylindrical fan member that is rotatably disposed around a rotation axis L extending in the vertical direction in the apparatus main body 2 and has blades 3a for blowing air on the side surface. 3, and a discharge port 6 extending in the vertical direction on the front surface 2 a of the apparatus body 2 and a suction port 5 extending in the vertical direction on the back surface 2 b of the apparatus body 2 are formed. Wide air in the up-and-down direction sucked from the suction port 5 (since the suction port 5 extends in the up-and-down direction, the air is wide in the up-and-down direction at the time of inhalation) is smoothly discharged from the wide discharge port 6 As with the suction port 5, the discharge port 6 extends in the vertical direction, so that the air is discharged from a wide range in the vertical direction during discharge, and a sufficiently wide air curtain in the height direction is well formed. Effect, shielding effect of cigarette smoke, etc. It can be sufficiently exhibited.

  That is, the fan member 3 can be blown with a width in the vertical direction, and by driving the fan member 3, air is taken in from the suction port 5 having a width in the vertical direction and also in the vertical direction. By discharging air from the discharge port 6 having a wide width, the wide air in the vertical direction sucked from the suction port 5 is smoothly discharged from the discharge port 6 as it is, and a sufficiently wide air curtain in the height direction is excellent. Can be formed.

  According to the present embodiment, the frame F is formed with the guide portion Fa that covers part of the side surface of the fan member 3 and guides the air to be discharged from the suction port 5 toward the discharge port 6. And a fan unit Y in which the fan member 3 and the motor 4 are assembled to the frame F, and the guide portion Fa has the side surface of the fan member 3 facing the discharge port 6 and the suction port 5. Therefore, the air curtain sucked from the suction port 5 can be more smoothly discharged from the discharge port 6 to form a sufficiently wide air curtain in the height direction.

  As mentioned above, although this embodiment was described, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, it may be provided with a lock mechanism for restricting the opening of the front frame in the adjacent pachinko gaming machine P, Alternatively, it may be provided with other functional parts different from the lock mechanism 19 (for example, an inter-unit device in which a prepaid card slot or the like is formed). Moreover, in this embodiment, although it is applied to the island facility S in which the pachinko gaming machine P is arranged in parallel, it can be applied to the island facility in which other gaming machines such as a slot machine are arranged in parallel.

  A fan member and a motor are assembled to the frame to constitute a blower unit, a pair of the blower units are arranged in the upper and lower sides in the apparatus main body, a motor is disposed on the lower end side of the fan member in the upper blower unit, and As long as the lower air blowing unit is an inter-unit equipment of an island facility in which a motor is disposed on the upper end side of the fan member, it can also be applied to a device having a different external shape or having another function added.

1 Inter-unit device 2 Device body 3 Fan member 3a Blade 4 Motor 5 Suction port 6 Discharge port 7 Operating means 8 Variable resistor 9 Indicator lamp 10 Jet port 11 Electrostatic atomized particulate water generator 12 Partition plate 13 Activated carbon filter 14 Control Substrate 15 Cooling means 16 Bush 17 Output shaft 18 Bearing Y Blower unit F Frame Fa Guide part S Island equipment

Claims (2)

In the inter-unit equipment of the island facility that is installed between adjacent gaming machines of the island facility and can form an air curtain by blowing air toward the front,
A device body that can be installed near the side of the gaming machine in the island facility,
A substantially cylindrical fan member that is rotatably arranged around a rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction in the apparatus main body, and on which a blade for blowing air is formed on a side surface;
A frame for attaching the fan member to the apparatus main body;
A motor that is disposed on one end side of the fan member in the frame and that rotates the fan member around a rotation axis;
The fan member and the motor are assembled to the frame to constitute a blower unit, and a pair of the blower units are arranged in the upper and lower sides in the apparatus main body, and the upper blower unit has a lower end side of the fan member. And the motor is disposed on the upper end side of the fan member in the lower air blowing unit. An inlet that is formed to extend in the vertical direction on the back surface of the apparatus main body, and can suck air into the apparatus main body by rotational driving of the fan member;
A discharge port that is formed to extend in the vertical direction on the front surface of the apparatus main body, and that can blow air forward by discharging air sucked from the suction port by rotation driving of the fan member;
The inter-unit equipment for island facilities according to claim 1, comprising:

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