JP2574865Y2 - Pachinko ball and coin counter - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko ball and coin / counter capable of counting pachinko balls and coins such as game medals and coins.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional pachinko ball counting machine, for example, a pachinko ball counting machine having a structure described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 59-172480 is known. In this pachinko ball counting machine, a plurality of rails are arranged in parallel, and a pachinko ball moving while being aligned between the rails is counted by an optical detection means.

As a conventional coin counter, for example, a coin counter having a structure described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 55-33413 is known. This coin counter has a hopper capable of storing a large amount of coins, a rotating disk that receives coins supplied from the hopper and sends out the coins in a single line by centrifugal force, and a coin delivered from the rotating disk. And a coin counting passage for counting while transporting the coins. By manually feeding the coins stored in the hopper to the rotating disk by an appropriate amount, the coins move to the periphery by centrifugal force due to the rotation of the rotating disk. The coins are then sent out to the coin counting passage in a single line, and counted by a ratchet-shaped counting wheel.

[0004]

Conventionally, there is no counter capable of counting pachinko balls and coins at the same time, and the counting of pachinko balls and the counting of coins do not have to be performed by dedicated counters. Not at the counter of the playground,
Since the pachinko ball counter and the coin counter are installed, there is a problem that the installation space cannot be effectively used and the installation cost increases.

If two types of counting machines, a pachinko ball counting machine and a medal counting machine, are juxtaposed, a customer mistakenly puts a pachinko ball into the medal counting machine or puts a medal into the pachinko ball counting machine. And the counting of pachinko balls and medals cannot be performed, causing a problem that a trouble occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and can be used both for counting pachinko balls and coins such as coins and medals, and can be obtained compactly and inexpensively, and can be used for both pachinko balls and coins. A counter is provided.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems The pachinko ball of the present invention,
The coin / counter has a hopper that can store pachinko balls and coins in a mixed state and has a lower opening through which the stored pachinko balls and coins are discharged, and a lower opening of the hopper is used for coins. A dividing member that is divided into a plurality of sections at a constant width interval equal to or greater than the diameter of not more than twice the diameter to form a plurality of delivery rows, and a bottom portion of each delivery row that is disposed at the bottom opening of the hopper and is inclined. And a payout belt that is provided in the vicinity of the downwardly inclined side end of the payout belt, which rolls the pachinko balls in the downwardly inclined direction and rolls up coins in the upwardly inclined direction. The first to allow passage and prevent the passage of coins
A regulating member for arranging pachinko balls rolling through the first regulating member, a first counting means for counting pachinko balls rolling the aligning device in an aligned state, A second restricting member for restricting the coins fed in the upper area on the paying side of the paying belt in a line-up state to prevent the pachinko balls from entering, and a single sheet passing through the second restricting member one by one; Second counting means for counting coins to be dispensed.

[0008]

The pachinko ball and coins counting machine according to the present invention uses the pachinko balls and coins stored in a mixed state in the hopper through the lower opening, and the pachinko balls and coins are stored in the lower opening of the hopper. A feeding belt disposed at a bottom opening of a hopper, which falls between a plurality of delivery rows divided into a plurality of sections at a fixed width interval equal to or larger than the diameter of coins and equal to or smaller than twice the diameter of the coins. The pachinko balls are rolled upward in the downward inclination direction, coins are raised in the upward inclination direction by driving the payout belt, the pachinko balls roll in the first regulating member, and the coins are blocked from passing. The pachinko balls rolling through the first regulating member are aligned by the aligning means, and the pachinko balls rolling on the aligning means in the aligned state are counted by the first counting means. In addition, coins are further restricted in a single row by a second regulating member in an upper region on the dispensing side of the dispensing belt, and the pachinko balls are prevented from entering by the second regulating member.
The coins fed out one by one are counted by the second counting means.

[0009]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a housing-shaped body. An upper surface of a hopper 2 capable of storing pachinko balls and coins such as coins and medals in a mixed state is opened at one end of the upper surface of the body 1. The lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 through which pachinko balls and coins flow out is inclined upward from one end to the other end, and the lower opening of the hopper 2 has a diameter equal to or larger than the diameter of the largest coin and smaller than the diameter of the smallest coin. The partitioning member 4 which is divided into a plurality of sections by a plurality of partitioning plates 4b arranged in the width direction of the body 1 at a fixed width interval smaller than twice the body to form a plurality of sending rows 4a is formed by the body 1 Are provided from one end side to the other end side.

In the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2, the bottom of each of the delivery rows 4a formed by the partition members 4 along the lower opening 3 is formed in an inclined manner, and pachinko balls are formed. A pay-out conveyor means 5 is provided in an inclined shape, which rolls coins in a downward inclined direction toward one end of the machine body 1 and feeds coins in an upward inclined direction toward the other end of the machine body 1.

The feeding conveyor means 5 includes a first feeding belt 6 disposed at one end of the body 1 from the entire area of the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 and a first feeding belt 6.
The first and second feeding belts 6 and 7 are inclined upward from one end of the machine body 1 to the other end thereof. It is stretched. The second feeding belt 7 is driven at a higher speed than the first feeding belt 6.

A pin-shaped first restricting member 8 for allowing the passage of pachinko balls and preventing the passage of coins is provided in the body 1 in the vicinity of the downward inclined side end of the feeding conveyor means 5. It protrudes toward the conveying surface of the conveyor means 5.

Reference numeral 10 denotes an aligning means, which comprises a plurality of aligning plates 12 projecting from the substrate section 11 at intervals slightly wider than the diameter of the pachinko balls. 1 is disposed in the body 1 at one end side,
The aligning means 10 aligns the pachinko balls rolling through the first regulating member 8 toward one end of the body 1 in a row.

Reference numeral 15 denotes first counting means for counting pachinko balls rolling on the substrate portion 11 between the alignment plates 12 of the alignment means 10 in an aligned state. And a light-receiving element 17 and a light-emitting element 18 that detect light passing through a detection hole 16 formed in the substrate section 11 so as to face a position deviated to one side from the center in the width direction, and are provided with a pachinko ball. Can be counted even if the alignment means 10 is continuously rolled.

A pachinko ball delivery path 20 for delivering the pachinko balls delivered from the alignment means 10 is provided at the delivery end of the alignment means 10 at one end of the body 1.
A pachinko ball outlet 21 is formed at one end on the bottom side of the pachinko ball delivery path 20.

Further, the partition member 4 is lower than the partition member 4 from the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 toward the other end of the body 1 and has a height of two thirds or less of the coin diameter. The section extension 25 is integrally extended.

Further, a second regulating member 26 is provided on the other end side of the body 1 of the section extension 25. The second regulating member 26 regulates the coins fed in the upper area on the feeding side of the second feeding belt 7 of the feeding conveyer means 5 in a further state, and passes the coins to prevent the pachinko balls from entering. And a regulating plate that regulates and passes coins in a row
27. This regulating roller 29 is
The second feeding belt 7 is rotatably supported opposite to the feeding belt 7, and is rotated in a direction opposite to a direction in which coins are fed by the second feeding belt 7, so that coins are prevented from being overlapped and fed. Further, the regulating plate 27 is provided above the second feeding belt 7 and has a guiding edge portion whose width direction is narrowed so that the coins transported by the second feeding belt 7 are aligned. 28 are formed.

A coin passage 30 is formed on the upper side of the second feeding belt 7 so as to be substantially flush with the upper end of the second feeding belt 7. Guide edges 34 for guiding coins extended from the plate 27 and fed out one by one are formed on opposite sides, and the guide edges 34 regulate the position of coins passing through the coin passage 30. A regulating edge 31 inclined to the side is formed.

A sorting hole 32 for sorting small-diameter coins is formed in the coin passage 30, and a small-diameter coin storage box 39 is inserted and removed from a leading end of a chute 33 provided below the sorting hole 32. It is arranged freely.

Further, a regulating plate is provided above the coin passage 30.
A second counting means 35 is provided for counting coins guided and passed by 27 and fed out one by one. The second counting means 35 is located between the regulating plates 27 and is located at a position deviated from the center in the width direction to the other side to detect light passing through the detection hole 36 formed in the coin passage 30. Element 37 and light-emitting element 38
The coins can be counted even if the coins continuously pass through the coin passage 30.

Further, the coin passage 30 is provided with the coin passage 30.
A transport means 40 for transporting the coins sent to the vehicle is provided. The transport means 40 is constituted by a transport belt 41, and transports coins by pressing the coins against the coin path 30 from above.

Further, a coin delivery path 45 for delivering coins delivered from the coin passage 30 located at the other end of the body 1 at the transport end of the coin path 30 is provided in the width direction of the body 1. The coin delivery path 45 is formed at a bottom end of the coin delivery path 45 with a coin delivery port 46 formed therein.

A rotating shaft 49 of a pin-shaped rotation-rotating body 48 for preventing pachinko balls and coins from being bridged is supported on the hopper 2. Further, at one end of the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2, a turning prevention member 50 for coins is provided, and the turning prevention member 50 is formed in a flat concave arc shape facing downward from one end of the hopper 2 to the other end. Is formed.

Further, a transmission mechanism mounting portion 51 is formed on one side of the body 1, and the transmission mechanism mounting portion 51 has pulleys 54, 55 provided on an output shaft 53 provided on the first electric motor 52. Drive belts 59 and 60 are suspended around a pulley 57 provided on a drive shaft 56 of the first feeding belt 6 and a pulley 58 provided on a rotation shaft 49 of the rotation-breaking body 48, respectively. Also, a pulley 63 provided on an output shaft 62 provided on a second electric motor 61, a pulley 65 provided on a drive shaft 64 of the second feeding belt 7, and a regulating roller 29 are provided on the transmission mechanism mounting portion 51. A drive belt 67 is suspended around the pulley 66. Further, a drive belt 71 is attached to a pulley 68 provided on the drive shaft 64 and a pulley 70 provided on the rotary shaft 69.
Is suspended, and the rotating shaft 69 and the drive shaft of the transport belt 41 are driven.
The gears 73 and 74 provided on the gear 72 are meshed with each other. The rotating shaft 76 of the driven pulley 75 of the transport belt 41 is supported by a long hole 77 so as to be vertically movable.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
The mixed pachinko balls and coins C such as coins and medals put into the hopper 2 are supplied to the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2.
Spilled out of. The coins C are separated by the partitioning member 4 in a row by the first feeding belt 6 driven by the driving of the first electric motor 52, and are conveyed toward the inclined upper side of the machine body 1. The pachinko ball P is rolled toward one end of the machine body 1 by the inclination of the first feeding belt 6. Further, the movement of the coins C to the one end side of the body 1 is regulated by the first regulating member 8.

The pachinko balls P which have rolled on the first feeding belt 6 are allowed without being prevented from rolling by the pin-shaped first regulating member 8 which blocks the passage of coins, and the aligning means 10 is provided. Rolled to The pachinko balls rolling through the first regulating member 8 on the alignment plate 12 of the alignment means 10 are aligned in a line.

The pachinko balls rolling between the aligning plates 12 of the aligning means 10 are light emitting elements 17 of the first counting means 15.
It is counted by blocking the reception of light from 18. The counted pachinko balls roll on the pachinko ball delivery path 20 and are led out to the pachinko ball outlet 21.

Further, the first fuselage belt 6 causes the body 1
The coins C conveyed to the other end of the belt are separated by the partitioning member 4 in a line, and are transferred from the first feeding belt 6 to the second feeding belt 7, and the second feeding belt 7
Is driven at a higher speed than the first feeding belt 6,
The coins are conveyed from the lower opening 3 of the hopper 2 toward the other end of the body 1 without being retained, guided and guided by the section extension 25, and fed out of the coins C on the second feeding belt 7. Second restricting member 26 rotated in a direction opposite to the direction
The coins are restricted and fed out without being overlapped and fed out by the control roller 29, and the passage of the pachinko ball P is prevented by the control roller 29.

Then, the coins C are aligned in a line by the guide edge portion 28 in which the width direction of the regulating plate 27 is narrowed, and the coins C are fed out onto the coin passage 30 by the second feeding belt 7. The guide belt 34 is conveyed between the guide edges 34 extending from the regulating plate 27 by the conveyor belt 41.
The sorting position of coins is regulated by the, and coins C having a small diameter are sorted and dropped in the sorting hole 32, and are stored in a small-diameter coin storage box 39 from a chute 33 provided below the sorting hole 32.

Further, a regulating plate is provided above the coin passage 30.
The coins C guided and passed by 27 and fed out one by one are counted when the light receiving of the light emitting element 38 passing through the detection hole 36 of the second counting means 35 is cut off. The coins C counted and fed out by the transport belt 41 are sent out from the transport end of the coin path 30 to a coin delivery path 45, and are guided out of the coin delivery path 45 to a coin delivery port 46.

Thus, the pachinko balls P and the coins C
Can be counted by one counter.

In the above embodiment, the feeding conveyor means 5 is provided with the first feeding belt 6 and the second feeding belt 7 so as to prevent a large amount of coins from staying therein. Instead, it may be constituted by a single feeding belt.

[0034]

[Effect of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to count pachinko balls and coins such as coins and medals with one counting machine, and it is possible to obtain compact and inexpensive without having to use two types of counting machines side by side. , Installation space can be reduced. Further, there is no problem that the pachinko ball and the medal are erroneously inserted into another counter and cannot be counted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pachinko ball / coins / counter showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Hopper 3 Lower opening 4 Partition member 4a Sending line 6 First feeding belt 8 First regulating member 10 Alignment means 15 First counting means 26 Second regulating member 35 Second counting means P Pachinko ball C Coins

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-61-217184 (JP, A) Fully open 1986-65576 (JP, U) Really open 1984-172480 (JP, U) (58) Investigation Field (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A63F 7/02 353 G07D 3/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A hopper which can store pachinko balls and coins in a mixed state and has a lower opening for allowing pachinko balls and coins stored at the bottom to flow out, and a lower opening of the hopper. A partition member that is partitioned into a plurality of pieces at a constant width interval equal to or greater than the diameter of coins and equal to or less than twice the diameter to form a plurality of delivery rows, and a bottom portion of each delivery row that is disposed in a lower opening of the hopper and A payout belt that is formed in an inclined shape, and that pachinko balls are rolled in the downward inclined direction and coins are raised and fed in the inclined direction, and a payout belt that is provided in an inclined manner and that is provided near the downward inclined side end of the payout belt. A first restricting member for permitting the passage of balls and preventing coins from passing therethrough; an aligning means for aligning pachinko balls rolling through the first restricting member; Turn A first counting means for counting the number of pachinko balls to be set, and a second restricting member for restricting the coins fed in the upper inclined area on the payout side of the payout belt in a more aligned manner and passing the coins to prevent the pachinko balls from entering. And a second counting means for counting coins which are fed one by one through the second regulating member.