JP2777589B2 - Ball ejector of ball rental machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball dispenser for a ball lending machine which is disposed adjacent to a pachinko machine and rents pachinko balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional ball lending machine, for example, a ball lending machine is sandwiched between pachinko machines. There is one that discharges a lending ball from a ball discharge port to a pachinko plate.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional ball lending machine, the height of the ball discharge port of the ball discharger is
When attached to a ball rental machine, it is designed to match the height of the ball tray of the adjacent pachinko machine, but since the height of the ball tray varies depending on the type of pachinko machine, the height of the Depending on the size, several types of ball emitters must be prepared, and when attaching a ball emitter, the task of selecting the ball emitter according to the height of the bowl is complicated. There was a point.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and is intended to position a ball discharge port in accordance with several types of pachinko machines of one kind having different heights of a bowl. It is not necessary to select a ball discharger according to the height of a ball tray when mounting a ball discharger, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a ball discharger of a ball rental machine with good workability at the time of assembly. I have.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is as follows. 1. A ball dispenser of a ball lending machine which is arranged adjacent to a pachinko machine and rents pachinko balls. A ball release arm (50); and a cam mechanism (40) for vertical adjustment. The mounting portion (30) is provided to protrude from the front of the ball lending machine, and has a ball inside. A flow path (37), wherein the ball flow path (37) is provided in the pachinko ball supply port (14) of the ball lending machine.
The ball discharge arm (50) has an inlet (37a) communicating with the pawl, and the ball discharge arm (50) is rotatable to the side with its free end facing the bowl (15) of the pachinko machine. And the free end thereof can swing vertically.
0), and has a ball tray supply path (51) along its length in the inside thereof. The bowl tray supply path (51) is connected to the discharge port (37b) of the mounting portion (30). An inlet (51a) communicating therewith, and a ball discharge port (51b) formed at a free end of the ball discharge arm (50) so as to be disposed on the bowl (15) of the pachinko machine, and A cam mechanism (40) is provided on the driving member (41) supported by the mounting portion (30) so as to be able to protrude and retract, and is provided on the ball discharge arm (50). And a driven joint member (45) for vertically swinging a free end of the ball discharging arm (50) in response to an operation.

[0006] One of the driving joint member (41) and the driven joint member (45) has a pin member (4) extending laterally.
2), wherein the driving joint member (41) and the driven joint member (4)
The other end of the ball discharging arm (50) is the other end when the pin member (42) is fitted and moves in the groove in accordance with the protruding and retracting operation of the driving member (41). Has a cam groove (57) that swings in the vertical direction.

[0007]

When the ball dispenser is mounted on the ball lending machine, the cam mechanism (40) for vertical adjustment is adjusted according to the height of the ball plate (15) of the pachinko machine. That is, the prime mover member (41) of the cam mechanism (40) for vertical adjustment protrudes and retracts from the mounting part (30). Thereby, the ball discharge arm (50) swings up and down via the follower member (45), and the ball discharge port (51b) of the ball discharge arm (50) is set at the height of the ball plate (15) of the pachinko machine. Is adjusted accordingly.

In the case of supplying pachinko balls from the ball lending machine to the pachinko balls (15), the ball discharging arm (50) is turned to the side, and the free end is put on the pachinko balls (15). Point to Thereby, the ball discharge port (51b) of the ball discharge arm (50) is arranged on the ball plate (15) of the pachinko machine.

The pachinko balls coming out of the pachinko ball supply port (14) of the ball lending machine pass through the ball flow path (37) from the inlet (37a) of the mounting portion (30), and are discharged from the discharge port (37b). Enter the inlet of the discharge arm (50) and enter the tray supply path (5
1), the ball is discharged from the ball discharge port (51b) formed at the free end of the ball discharge arm (50) to the bowl (15). In this way, the pachinko balls can be easily transferred from the ball rental machine to the ball tray (15) of the pachinko machine.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ball lending machine 10 is sandwiched between pachinko machines 11. The ball rental machine 10 is arranged adjacent to one pachinko machine 11 so as to correspond to one machine,
Pachinko balls are lent out according to the money input.
In front of the ball lending machine 10, a coin slot 12 and a coin return slot 13 are provided. The ball lending machine 10 has a pachinko ball supply port 14 on the front, and a ball discharger 20 is provided in the pachinko ball supply port 14.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the ball discharger 2
Numeral 0 has a mounting portion 30, a cam mechanism 40 for vertical adjustment, a ball discharge arm 50, and an extraction tube 60.

The mounting part 30 has a fixed part 31 and a rotating part 32. As shown in FIG. 1, the fixing portion 31 has a cutout tube 33 in the center of the front surface, and is provided so as to protrude from the front surface of the ball lending machine 10. The rotating part 32 is cylindrical and is provided to be rotatable within the notched tube 33 of the fixed part 31.
The fixing portion 31 has a through hole 34 at a lower portion, and the through hole 34 communicates with the inside of the rotating portion 32.

The rotating part 32 is internally divided by a partition plate 35 into two parts.
It has a ball channel 37 on one side 36a inside. The ball flow path 37 has an inlet 37 a communicating with the pachinko ball supply port 14 of the ball lending machine 10, and a discharge port 37 b, and the upper part is opened in the rotating part rotating part 32. The inlet 37a and the outlet 37b form an angle of 90 degrees with each other and communicate in a curved manner. The discharge port 37 b is
2 and protrudes from it.

The rotating portion 32 is rotatable so that the discharge port 37b can face the side. Ball channel 37
Has an arrangement in which the intake port 37a communicates with the pachinko ball supply port 14 when the discharge port 37b faces the side direction, and the intake port 37a is shifted from the pachinko ball supply port 14 when the discharge port 37b faces the front direction. .

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the vertical adjustment cam mechanism 40 includes a motor joint member 41 which is fitted to the discharge port 37b of the rotating portion 32 so as to be able to protrude and retract, and a ball discharge arm 5
0, and a driven joint member 45 that swings the free end of the ball discharge arm 50 in the vertical direction in accordance with the movement of the driving joint member 41.

A pin member 42 is supported on the side surface of the motor joint member 41 so as to be able to protrude and retract laterally, and a long groove 43 is formed in the longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction. A pivot 39 supported on both sides of the rotating part 32 is fitted in the long groove 43 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction.

An elongated hole 41a having a longitudinal direction in the front-rear direction is formed in the upper surface of the motor joint member 41. Long hole 41a
, A fastening bolt 38 for preventing the motor joint member 41 from moving back and forth is inserted therethrough.

The follower member 45 is formed integrally with the ball discharge arm 50, and has a cam groove 57 formed in the ball discharge arm 50 and extending obliquely downward in the longitudinal direction.
The pin member 42 is fitted into the cam groove 57 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction.

The ball discharge arm 50 is mounted so as to be vertically swingable about the pivot 39 in the inclined position shown in FIG. 6 and the horizontal position shown in FIG. When facing the side of the bowl 15, the free end can swing up and down in the side. The ball discharging arm 50 has a length extending from the mounting position to above the bowl 15.

The ball discharge arm 50 has a ball tray supply path 5 inside.
One. The tray supply path 51 has an inlet 51a and a ball outlet 51b. The introduction port 51a communicates with the discharge port 37b of the mounting section 30, and the ball discharge port 51b
Is formed at the free end of the ball discharging arm 50 so as to be arranged on the bowl 15 of the pachinko machine 11.

The take-out tube 60 is inserted into the through hole 34, and is slidable in the up-down direction inside the rotating portion 32.
1 is provided. The take-out tube 60 has an opening (not shown) communicating with the pachinko ball supply port 14 at an upper position on a side portion, and has a take-out opening 62 at a lower portion.

Next, the operation will be described.

When attaching the ball discharger 20 to the ball lending machine 10, the fastening bolt 38 is loosened in advance, and
1 can be moved in the front-back direction.

The cam mechanism 40 for vertical adjustment is adjusted according to the height of the bowl 15 of the pachinko machine 11. That is,
The driving member 41 of the cam mechanism 40 for vertical adjustment is
And emerges from the second outlet 37b. As a result, the pin member 42 moves in the cam groove 57 and the ball discharging arm 5
In the state of 0, the ball can be swung from the horizontal posture shown in FIG. 1 to the inclined posture shown in FIG. 6 inclined downward, and the height of the ball discharge port 51b is adjusted according to the inclined posture.

At this time, the pivot 39 relatively moves in the long groove 43 of the driving member 41.

When the ball discharge port 51b of the ball discharge arm 51 is adjusted to the height of the bowl 15 of the pachinko machine 11, the motor joint member 41 is restrained by the fastening bolt 38 at its front and rear position.

The ball rental machine 10 to the ball tray 15 of the pachinko machine 11
When the pachinko ball is supplied to the pachinko ball, first, the ball discharging arm 50 is pushed, and the rotating portion 32 of the mounting portion 30 is connected to the discharge port 37.
b is rotated from the front to the side of the bowl 15. At this time, since the ball discharging arm 50 faces the side direction, its free end is swung downward from above. In this state, the ball discharge port 51b of the ball discharge arm 50
Is adjusted in height and supported, and is arranged on the bowl 15 of the pachinko machine 11.

When the discharge port 37b faces the side, the discharge port 37b of the ball channel 37 communicates with the pachinko ball supply port 14. When coins are inserted into the coin slot 12, the ball lending machine 10
The pachinko balls are discharged from the pachinko ball supply port 14 of FIG.

The discharged pachinko balls pass through the ball passage 37 from the inlet 37a of the rotating portion 32 and pass through the outlet 37b.
From the ball discharge arm 50, through the ball tray supply path 51, and is supplied to the ball tray 15 from a ball discharge port 51 b formed at the free end of the ball discharge arm 50. In this manner, the pachinko balls can be easily supplied from the ball rental machine 10 to the pachinko machine 11
Can be transferred to the bowl 15.

When the outlet 37b faces the front,
Since the intake port 37a is shifted from the pachinko ball supply port 14, the pachinko balls are not discharged from the ball discharge port 51b of the ball discharge arm 50. At this time, when the take-out tube 60 is pushed up from below and is slid upward inside the rotating portion 32, the opening at the side of the take-out tube 60 communicates with the pachinko ball supply port 14 and the pachinko ball supply port 14 The pachinko balls can be taken out from the lower outlet 62 through the take-out tube 60.

In order to raise the ball discharge arm 50 in the vertical direction, the pin member 42 is immersed and removed from the cam groove 57, and the ball discharge arm 50 is pulled up about the pivot 39.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the ball discharging arm 50 swings rightward with respect to the front, but swings the ball discharging arm 50 leftward. In this way, pachinko balls may be supplied to the tray 15 of the left-hand pachinko machine 11.

Further, the cam mechanism 40 for vertical adjustment has the pin member 42 provided on the driving joint member 41 side and the cam groove 57 provided on the driven joint member 45 side. It goes without saying that it is good.

[0036]

According to the ball dispenser of the ball lending machine according to the present invention, the height of the ball discharge port of the ball discharge arm can be adjusted by the up and down adjustment cam mechanism.
The ball discharge port can be positioned according to several types of pachinko machines with different heights of the ball tray, and when installing the ball discharger, it is necessary to select the ball discharger according to the height of the ball tray Absent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball discharger showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the mounted state of the ball discharger showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a ball discharger showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a ball discharger showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Ball rental machine 11 ... Pachinko stand 15 ... Ball tray 20 ... Ball ejector 30 ... Mounting part 40 ... Cam mechanism for up-down adjustment 41 ... Drive joint member 45 ... Follower joint member 50 ... Ball ejection arm

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hideyuki Kadomatsu 263-5 Iizumi, Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A63F 7/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball dispenser of a ball lending machine arranged adjacent to a pachinko machine for renting a pachinko ball, comprising: a mounting portion, a ball discharging arm, and a cam mechanism for vertical adjustment; Is provided protruding from the front of the ball lending machine,
It has a ball passage inside, the ball passage has an inlet communicating with the pachinko ball supply port of the ball lending machine, and a discharge port. The free end of the ball discharge arm has a pachinko machine. Has a free end that is rotatable to the side facing the bowl and is supported by the mounting portion so that its free end can swing up and down, and has a bowl feeding path along its length inside. The ball tray supply path has an inlet communicating with the discharge port of the mounting portion, and a ball discharge port formed at a free end of the ball discharge arm so as to be disposed on the ball tray of the pachinko machine. The up-down adjustment cam mechanism is provided on the ball release arm, which is supported by the mounting portion so as to be able to protrude and retract, and a free end of the ball discharge arm in accordance with the protruding and retracting operation of the drive member. And a follower member for swinging the ball in the vertical direction. 2. One of the driving joint member and the follower joint member,
A pin member extending in a lateral direction, wherein the other of the prime mover member and the follower member is fitted with the pin member and moves in the groove according to the protruding / retracting operation of the prime mover member 2. The ball dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising a cam groove in which a free end of the ball discharge arm swings up and down.