JP3168182B2 - Pachinko ball dispensing device - 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 dispensing apparatus, and more particularly to a pachinko ball dispensing apparatus for dispensing pachinko balls using a ball cutting rotary body having a holding hole for holding pachinko balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a pachinko ball dispensing device, a pachinko ball introducing hole is provided on an upper surface of a hollow case body.
A ball cutting rotary body having a pachinko ball drop hole on the lower surface, and a holding hole for holding pachinko balls that are guided into the case body from the introduction hole by rotation and carrying them to the drop hole inside the case body. Is known.

The pachinko ball dispensing device having such a configuration holds the leading one pachinko ball continuously supplied from the supply passage to the introduction hole in the holding hole of the ball cutting rotary body, and When the rotating body rotates, the pachinko balls held in the holding holes are carried to the falling holes and discharged.

[0004]

The above-described conventional pachinko ball dispensing apparatus directly receives the pachinko balls continuously supplied from the supply passage to the introduction hole into the holding holes of the ball cutting rotary member. If the ball receiving speed is high and the pachinko balls supplied to the supply path are intermittently or intermittently supplied, the timing shift may cause a ball biting phenomenon between the introduction hole and the holding hole, resulting in a smooth pachinko ball. There was a problem that the ball could not be paid out. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko ball dispensing apparatus which eliminates the ball biting phenomenon at the time of dispensing pachinko balls and enables smooth pachinko ball dispensing.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko ball dispensing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a case body provided with a pachinko ball introduction hole and a drop hole, and a ball housed in the case body. Pachinko ball dispensing device, comprising: a cutting rotator; and a drive motor for rotating the ball cutting rotator, and wherein the rotation of the ball cutting rotator causes the pachinko balls to be discharged one by one from the introduction hole into the falling hole. In the ball cutting rotary body,
A disk portion having a holding hole for holding a pachinko ball, and a spiral body for guiding the pachinko ball flowing from the introduction hole into the holding hole are provided.

In the pachinko ball dispensing device configured as described above, the pachinko ball from the introduction hole is guided to the holding hole by the spiral body, so that the pachinko ball can be smoothly dispensed without causing the ball to bite. .

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a pachinko ball payout apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine to which the pachinko ball payout device of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, 1 is a pachinko machine, 2 is a game board, 3 is a mechanical plate made of a synthetic resin disposed on the back of the game board 2, and is provided on the lower front surface of the mechanical plate 3 facing the back of the game board 2. A winning ball collecting section 4 is formed. The prize ball collecting unit 4 is arranged so that the prize balls are arranged in a line and caused to flow down. The prize balls are guided to the prize ball processing device 5 and detected by the prize ball detector 5a.
The operation of the later-described pachinko ball payout device 9 is controlled by the signal from the CPU.

On the other hand, a pachinko ball tank 6 for storing pachinko balls is provided on the upper rear surface of the mechanism plate 3, and the pachinko balls in the pachinko ball tank 6 are provided via a tank rail 7 and a bent rail 8. Is led to the pachinko ball payout device 9 relating to. Reference numeral 10 denotes a pachinko ball discharge gutter for guiding the pachinko balls paid out from the pachinko ball payout device 9 to a ball tray (not shown) in front of the machine.

As shown in FIG. 4, the pachinko ball dispensing device 9 according to the present invention generally comprises a case body 11, a ball cutting rotary body 12, and a drive motor 13 for rotating the ball cutting rotary body 12. Be composed. The case 11 is divided into an upper case 11a, an intermediate case 11b, and a lower case 11c.

The upper case body 11a has a bent rail 8 on one side.
Supply passages 14a and 14b communicating with the lower end of the
A stepping motor as the drive motor 13 is mounted on the mounting board 15 via a motor mounting frame 16. A driving gear 18 is fixed to a motor shaft 17 of the drive motor 13, and the mounting substrate 1 is
5 is projected downward. Reference numeral 20 denotes a cover body that covers the drive motor 13, and a plurality of claw pieces 21 protruding from both upper and lower ends are engaged with the locking portions 22 of the upper cover body 11a to be attached.

The intermediate case body 11b is provided at the symmetric position of the top plate 23 with the introduction hole 2 communicating with the supply passages 14a and 14b.
4a and 24b are opened, and guide portions 25 for guiding the pachinko balls from the supply passages 14a and 14b to the introduction holes 24a and 24b are provided at the opening edges of the introduction holes 24a and 24b.

The lower case body 11c has a drop hole 2
6a and 26b are drilled, and their positions are
It is provided at a position shifted from the a, 24b by 45 degrees in the rotation direction of the ball cutting rotary body 12. Also, the drop holes 26a, 26
Rail-shaped support ridges 27, 27, which communicate with b and guide the pachinko balls of the ball cutting rotary body 12, are protruded. The supporting ridge 2
7, 27 always support the pachinko ball at two points, so that the ball can be moved more stably with less wear compared to the conventional method of moving by rolling the bottom wall. 28, 28 are drop holes 26
a, a pachinko sphere detector for detecting pachinko spheres dispensed from 26b.

Thus, the ball cutting rotary body 12 has a disk portion 29.
And a spiral body 30 and a driven gear 31,
Rotation support shafts 32, 32 for horizontal rotation protrude from above and below 2. In the disc portion 29, semicircular holding holes 33a, 33b, 33c for holding a pachinko ball are cut out at equal intervals on concentric circles. The spiral body 30 holds the pachinko balls led from the introduction holes 24a and 24b into the holding holes 3.
Helical blades 34a, 34b, and 34c are provided to guide and flow down the spiral gears 3a, 33b, and 33c, respectively. A driven gear 31 that meshes with the driving gear 18 is integrally formed at the upper end of the spiral body 30. The driven gear 31 and the driving gear 18 are engaged with each other as shown in FIG.
Is transmitted to the ball cutting rotary body 12. In the case of the present embodiment, the rotation of the drive motor 13 is set so as to be rotated by 60 degrees in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 35 is a spiral blade 34a, 3
The small projections stop the momentum of the pachinko balls flowing down 4b and 34c.

The pachinko ball dispensing device 9 configured as described above accommodates the ball cutting rotary body 12 with the driven gear 31 facing through the circular hole 36 in the intermediate case body 11b, and the lower surface of the upper case body 11a. Are inserted into the shaft holes 39, 39 of the lower case body 11c through the through holes 38, 38 of the intermediate case body 11b, and the lower case body 11c
Screws 40, 40 are screwed together from the lower part of the ball to be integrally connected, and the ball cutting rotary body 12 is rotatably supported by bearing recesses 41, 41 of the upper case body 11a and the lower case body 11c. Reference numeral 42 denotes a notch provided in communication with the corners of the side walls of the upper case body 11a, the intermediate case body 11b, and the lower case body 11c.
To accommodate the wiring H.

On the other hand, on the upper surface of the lower case body 11c, the guide projections 4 are located on the periphery of the drop holes 26a, 26b and in the space between the lower surface of the disk portion 29 of the ball cutting rotary body 12.
3, 43 are provided. The guide projections 43, 43 act so that the pachinko balls held and carried by the holding holes 32a, 32b, 32c come into contact with each other and are forcibly discharged downward from the falling holes 26a, 26b.

As shown in FIG. 6, guide protrusions 44 are provided on the lower surface of the top plate 23 of the intermediate case body 11b. The guide projections 44 are provided on the periphery of the introduction holes 24a and 24b and in a space between the upper surface of the disc portion 29 of the ball cutting rotary body 12, and are provided.
The pachinko ball from 24b receives the ball pressure from above so as not to exert the action force of rotating the ball cutting rotary body 12 in the reverse direction, and acts so as to smoothly fit into the holding holes 33a, 33b, 33c.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, holding holes 33a, 3a of the ball cutting rotary body 12 are formed on the lower surface of the top plate 23 of the intermediate case body 11b.
Ball stopper projections 45, 45 are provided which come into contact with the pachinko balls held and carried by 3b, 33c to reliably drop the pachinko balls into the drop holes 26a, 26b. Is the guide projection 4 of the lower case body 11c
3, 43, and the holding holes 33a, 3
3b and 33c, the pachinko spheres carried and carried by the pachinko spheres have a protruding length that can be contacted, and when the pachinko spheres come into contact with them,
The pachinko ball is provided in an inclined shape so as to give a downward acting force to the pachinko ball.

The operation of the prize ball dispensing device thus constructed will be described. When a hit ball fired at the game section of the game board 2 wins a winning opening, the winning ball is guided to the winning ball collecting section 4 and detected by the winning ball detector 5a of the winning ball processing device 5. The detection signal of the winning ball detector 5a is sent to the control circuit, and a pulse signal is output to the motor driving circuit to rotate the driving motor 13 to rotate the ball cutting rotator 12.

On the other hand, of the pachinko balls that are continuously waiting in the supply passages 14a and 14b, the leading one of the pachinko balls is guided from the introduction holes 24a and 24b and is shown in FIGS. 7 (a), 7 (c) and 8 (a). As shown, the spiral blades 34a of the spiral body 30,
34c. When the ball cutting rotator 12 is rotated by the pulse signal in this state, the pachinko ball guided from the introduction hole 24a contacts the guiding protrusion 44 as shown in FIG. 7B and FIG. And is supported by the supporting protrusions 27, 27. Further, when the ball cutting rotary body 12 rotates and the holding hole 33a and the drop hole 26a coincide with each other as shown in FIG. 7C and FIG.
The pachinko ball of the holding hole 33a carried while being supported by 27 falls into the pachinko ball discharge gutter 10 from the falling hole 26a,
It is detected by the pachinko ball detector 28.

At this time, the pachinko ball guided from the introduction hole 24b flows down while being supported by the spiral blade 34c.
The state shown in FIG. 7A is changed from the state shown in FIG. When the ball cutting rotary body 12 is rotated by the pulse signal in this state, it is fitted into the holding hole 33c as shown in FIG. 7B while being in contact with the guide projection 44, and is supported by the supporting projections 27, 27. Then, the ball cutting rotary body 12 further rotates, and FIG.
When the holding hole 33c coincides with the falling hole 26b, the pachinko ball in the holding hole 33c falls from the falling hole 26b to the pachinko ball discharge gutter 10 and is detected by the pachinko ball detector 28 as shown in FIG. After that, the ball cutting rotator 12 becomes 6 for each pulse signal.
It rotates by 0 degrees and repeats the same operation to supply passage 14
The pachinko balls a and 14b are alternately discharged one by one to the pachinko ball discharge gutter 10.

As described above, the pachinko ball dispensing device 9 of the present invention accepts the pachinko balls received from the introduction holes 24a and 24b of the case body 11 by the spiral blades 34a and 34 of the spiral body 30.
b and 34c, while flowing down with the rotation of the ball cutting rotary body 12, the holding holes 33a, 33b,
Since the ball cutting rotary body 12 is rotated at a high speed, the holding holes 33a, 33b,
33c, the load on the drive motor 13 can be greatly reduced without causing the ball to bite,
The payout of the pachinko balls can be performed quickly and reliably.

[0022]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the pachinko ball dispensing device of the present invention, instead of directly inserting the pachinko ball received from the supply passage into the holding hole of the disk portion, the pachinko ball is supported by a spiral blade of a spiral body provided integrally with the disk portion, As the ball cutting rotator rotates, it is guided down to the holding hole of the disk part and held naturally in the holding hole, so even if the pachinko balls supplied to the supply passage are intermittently supplied, the ball bites Pachinko balls can be dispensed without fail.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a back view of a pachinko machine to which a pachinko ball payout device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a pachinko ball payout apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko ball payout device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a cross section of a main part of the pachinko ball payout device.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a main part of the pachinko ball payout device in cross section.

FIGS. 7A, 7B, and 7C are plan cross-sectional views illustrating a paying-out action of a pachinko ball.

FIGS. 8 (a), (b) and (c) are action diagrams for explaining a pachinko ball dispensing action.

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 Pachinko ball payout device 11 Case body 12 Ball cutting rotating body 13 Drive motor 24a, 24b Introducing hole 26a, 26b Falling hole 29 Disk part 30 Spiral body 33a, 33b, 33c Holding hole

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP 5-146549 (JP, A) JP 6-246054 (JP, A) JP 8-141175 (JP, A) JP 4-58972 (JP) JP-A-5-309172 (JP, A) JP-A-6-39063 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 7/02 324

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball cutting device comprising: a case body provided with an introduction hole and a drop hole for a pachinko ball; a ball cutting rotary body accommodated in the case body; and a drive motor for rotating the ball cutting rotary body. In a pachinko ball dispensing device configured to discharge pachinko balls from an introduction hole one by one into a falling hole by rotation of a rotator, the ball cutting rotator includes a disc portion having a holding hole for holding a pachinko ball, A pachinko ball dispensing device, further comprising a spiral body for guiding the pachinko ball flowing from the introduction hole into the holding hole.