JP3763319B2 - Pachinko island stand - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention provides a ball circulation driving means for circulatingly driving balls, and a ball return in which a prize ball acquired by a player is returned and supplied in order to replenish used pachinko machines collected from a plurality of pachinko machines. The present invention relates to a pachinko island stand equipped with a device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a reduction machine having a conveyor belt as an automatic ball circulation mechanism has been installed inside the pachinko island platform. As a result, the used balls discharged from the pachinko machine installed on the pachinko machine stand are collected by the recovery basket and then lifted upward while being polished by the conveyor belt of the reduction machine, and again through the supply basket. Supplied to each pachinko machine. In other words, the game balls in the pachinko island stand were circulated by the automatic ball circulation mechanism. In addition, there is a pachinko island stand provided with a ball return device that issues a receipt of a numerical record corresponding to the prize ball obtained by the player. For this reason, the pachinko island stand is provided with a ball outlet that removes the increased amount of balls in association with the increase in the amount of balls associated with the introduction of premium balls from the ball return device, thus avoiding the backflow of the balls. It was.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, even in pachinko islands equipped with ball outlets to avoid backflow of balls as in the conventional case, the increase in the amount of balls stored in the pachinko islands is confirmed by the visual inspection of employees. It was done. For this reason, when the employee's visual recognition is delayed, a ball overflow reverse flow occurs, and normal ball circulation is not performed. In the worst case, a reduction machine as a ball automatic circulation mechanism has failed. The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko island stand that enables reliable confirmation of increase in the storage amount of balls and prevents backflow of balls. It is in.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention,
In order to replenish used pachinko machines collected from a plurality of pachinko machines, the ball circulation driving means for circulating the balls and a ball return device for returning the prize balls acquired by the player are provided. In pachinko island stand
The pachinko island stand
In order to detect the amount of balls circulated in the pachinko island stand in a stepwise manner, a storage amount detection means comprising a plurality of sensors ,
According to the amount of storage of the ball detected by the storage amount detection means, informing means for informing this stepwise,
And drive stop means for stopping the driving of the ball circulating driving hands stage,
An upper storage tank that stores the balls lifted by the ball circulation driving means and replenishes and flows out the pachinko machine;
A lower storage tank flows out into the ball circulation driving means and storing the balls,
A reflux passage for returning excess balls in the upper storage tank to the lower storage tank, and
Among the plurality of sensors of the storage amount detection means , a sensor for detecting the maximum storage amount is provided above the inside of the return passage, and the ball circulation drive means by the drive stop means when the storage is detected by the sensor. The driving of is stopped .
[0005]
Also, the notification means or consist of a plurality of indicator lamps that are color-coded.
[0006]
[Action]
Pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth is, the storage amount detecting means comprising a plurality of sensors for detecting the storage amount of the balls to be circulated in the pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth stepwise, retention balls detected by該貯Tomeryou detecting means depending on the amount, and informing means for informing this stepwise, a drive stop means for stopping the driving of the recirculating ball drive hands stage, the pachinko machine storing the pumped been balls by the ball circulation driving means An upper storage tank that replenishes and flows out; a lower storage tank that stores balls and flows out to the ball circulation driving means; and a return passage that returns excess balls in the upper storage tank to the lower storage tank, Among the plurality of sensors of the storage amount detection means , a sensor for detecting the maximum storage amount is provided above the inside of the return passage, and the ball circulation drive means by the drive stop means when the storage is detected by the sensor. Stop driving It is, employees by notifying operation of the notification means to this still detects the storage amount of balls increased by the storage amount detecting means stepwise by if storage amount of balls that are recycled within the pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth increases By notifying the employee, the employee can take a quick and appropriate action and prevent the overflow of the ball from flowing back. In the worst case, even when the employee is unaware of the notification operation of the notification means, the drive stop means automatically stops the driving of the ball circulation drive means by detecting the storage by the sensor that detects the maximum storage amount. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent the ball overflow backflow, and as a result, it is possible to prevent failure of the ball circulation driving means.
[0007]
In addition, by configuring the notification means from a plurality of color-coded indicator lights, it is possible to take prompt and accurate measures by employees .
[0008]
【Example】
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially broken front view showing the internal structure of the pachinko island stand 1. In the figure, a pachinko island stand 1 is a line-up of a large number of pachinko machines 2..., And a reduction machine 3 as a ball circulation driving means is erected in the center. Above both ends of the pachinko island stand 1, there are provided notification lamps 4 (notification means) having respective indicator lamps 31 to 33 described later, and on the right side of the reduction machine 3, there are players. There is provided a ball return device 5 for issuing a receipt of a numerical record corresponding to the obtained premium ball instead of the acquired premium ball. The ball return device 5 may be provided at the side end of the pachinko island platform 1.
[0009]
By the way, in the reduction machine 3 in this embodiment, the endless conveyance belt 7 is rotationally driven by the lower pulley 6 incorporating the motor, and the balls introduced through the introduction rod 8 are polished by the frictional force of the conveyance belt 7. The cloth is raised while contacting a cloth mounting door (not shown), and finally discharged from the discharge port 9 at the upper end into the upper storage tank 10. In addition, the reduction machine may be of a type in which abrasive pellets and balls are mixed and mixed by a spiral body, or a type in which a bucket is fixed to a belt, separately from this embodiment.
[0010]
The polished balls discharged from the discharge port 9 are guided to both ends of the bottom surface of the upper storage tank 10 by the guide plate 11, and then flow out from the replenishment rods 12 connected to both ends of the bottom surface of the upper storage tank 10. The replenishment trough 12 is provided so as to be inclined from the upper storage tank 10 toward both ends of the pachinko island platform 1, and the shunt 13 provided corresponding to each pachinko machine 2 in the middle of each pachinko machine 2. It is supplied to a well-known prize ball tank provided at the upper back. As is well known, the flow divider 13 is provided with a counting device for counting the amount of stored replenished balls, and a replenishing ball signal is sent from the counting device to a management computer provided in the game hall. It is supposed to be.
[0011]
In addition, a drop port 14 is formed in the center of the bottom surface of the upper storage tank 10, and left and right reflux rods 15 and 16 are disposed below the drop port 14. Each of these reflux cages 15 and 16 uses less prize balls in the pachinko machine 2 and does not require replenishment of the balls to the replenishment cage 12, and as a result, the accumulated balls in the upper storage tank 10 fall from the drop port 14. At this time, the excess balls are returned to the left and right lower storage tanks 17 and 18 installed on both lower sides of the reduction machine 3. Further, a ball swinging projecting piece 19 is formed at the upper end of the left reflux basket 15. The ball swinging projecting piece 19 preferentially guides the falling ball from the dropping port 14 to the left reflux cage 15, and then when the ball is sufficiently stored in the left reflux cage 15, This is to guide the overflowing ball to the right reflux cage 16.
[0012]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of regulating walls 20 are projected from the upper end portion to the lower end portion of the basket 16 at predetermined intervals on the left and right inner walls of the right reflux basket 16, respectively. The right reflux rod 16 has a serpentine shape from a straight ball passage. As a result, the ball flowing down inside the right reflux reed 16 has a reduced flow speed and a reduced ball storage speed, so that rapid storage in the reed 16 is avoided in a short time. . The meandering passage may also be formed in the left reflux basin 15 or the right upper part collection basin 24 described later.
[0013]
On the other hand, from each pachinko machine 2, the balls that have been driven are discharged to a used ball tank 21 provided at the lower back of the pachinko machine 2, and left and right upper parts by discharge pipes 22 extending downward from the tank 21. It is discharged to the collection tanks 23 and 24. Further, from the ball return device 5, the returned prize balls are discharged to the premium ball tank 25, and are discharged from the tank 25 to the upper right collection basket 24. The used balls and premium balls 21 and 25 are each provided with a counting device for counting the amount of collected balls collected as is well known. A collection ball signal is sent to the management computer.
[0014]
The upper recovery tanks 23 and 24 are respectively connected to the lower ends of the reflux tanks 15 and 16 at the upper positions of the lower storage tanks 17 and 18, while the downstream parts are connected to the pachinko island platform 1. It is provided to be inclined downward toward the side end side. In addition, upstream portions of the bottom walls of the lower storage tanks 17 and 18 are disposed below the downstream portions of the upper recovery rods 23 and 24, while the downstream portions are connected to the introduction rod 8 on the reducing machine 3 side. Left and right lower collecting rods 26 and 27 that are inclined downward are provided. As a result, the balls collected from the tanks 21 and 25 of used balls and premium balls and the balls returned from the reflux baskets 15 and 16 are discharged to the left and right upper collection baskets 23 and 24, respectively. Then, it flows out from the downstream part of each cage 23, 24 to the left and right lower collection rods 26, 27, and is finally sent to the introduction rod 8 on the reducing machine 3 side.
[0015]
In the pachinko island platform 1 configured as described above, the balls lifted and polished by the reducing machine 3 are supplied to the respective pachinko machines 2 through the replenishing rods 12, while the use used in each pachinko machine 2 The finished balls and the prize balls returned to the ball return device 5 are collected in the reduction machine 3 by the collection baskets 23, 24, 26, and 27, polished and lifted again, and supplied to the supply basket 12. That is, the balls are circulated within the pachinko island platform 1. However, the amount of balls used in the pachinko island stand 1 is not always constant. In other words, there are cases where a prize ball acquired at another pachinko island stand is thrown into the ball return device 5 of the pachinko island stand 1, and in such a case, it is circulated and used inside the pachinko island stand 1. In the worst case, an overflow backflow from the discharge port 9 of the upper storage tank 10 occurs and normal circulation of the balls is not performed. Can no longer do. In addition, a ball outlet 28 is provided on the side wall of the lower right storage tank 18 for ball removal outside the pachinko island platform 1 so that the balls in the lower right storage tank 18 can be removed. ing.
[0016]
Therefore, in order to avoid the inconvenience as described above, in this embodiment, the storage amount detection means for detecting the storage amount of the balls used in circulation inside the pachinko island stand 1 and the storage amount detection means Informing means for informing the employee of this in a stepwise manner according to the detected storage amount of the ball, and a drive stopping means for stopping the circulation driving of the ball by the reducing machine 3 in accordance with the excessive increase phenomenon of the storage amount. It is arranged. Hereinafter, the storage amount detection means, the notification means, and the drive stop means of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3 to 6. 3 (A) to 3 (C) are explanatory views for controlling the operation of the notification means in accordance with the ball amount detection operation of the storage amount detection means, and FIG. 4 is a display lamp blue 31 described later constituting the notification means. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a blinking control operation of a later-described indicator lamp yellow 32 constituting the notification means, and FIG. 6 is a later-described indicator lamp constituting the notification means. It is a flowchart which shows the blink control operation | movement of red 33. FIG.
[0017]
The storage amount detection means is composed of three sensors A to C. The sensor A is disposed at a position below the downstream portion of the upper right portion collection basket 24, the sensor B is disposed at a position below the upstream portion of the upper right portion collection basket 24, and the sensor C is disposed at the right side. It is disposed at the upper end of the reflux basket 16. Each of the sensors A to C switches from an OFF state to an ON state when the upper end portion of the ball stored in the lower right storage tank 18 or the right reflux basket 16 comes into contact. The lamps 31 to 33 are switched from the unlit state to the blinking state. That is, when the ball is stored in the lower right storage tank 18 to a position below the downstream portion of the upper right collection tank 24, the sensor A detects this and controls the blinking of the indicator lamp 31. When the ball is stored in the lower right storage tank 18 up to a position below the upstream portion of the upper right collection tank 24, the sensor B detects this and controls the blinking of the indicator lamp 32. The sensor C detects that the ball has accumulated up to its upper end in the right reflux basket 16 and controls the blinking of the display lamp red 33.
[0018]
In addition, each of the sensors A to C is controlled to supply / shut off power based on the ON / OFF state of the system switch 30 disposed on the ball return device 5. That is, when the system switch 30 is in the ON state, the sensors A to C are supplied with power and are in a ball amount detection state. On the other hand, in the case where the system switch 30 is in the OFF state, the power source is cut off and the ball amount is Detection is stopped. The switching of the system switch 30 from the ON state to the OFF state is performed by an employee's manual operation. On the other hand, the switching of the system switch 30 from the OFF state to the ON state is a storage by the level sensor D. It is automatically performed based on the detection operation of the quantity level. Like the sensor A, the level sensor D is disposed at a lower position on the downstream side of the upper right collection tank 24, and the contact with the upper end portion of the ball stored in the lower right storage tank 18 is released. Then, the OFF state is switched to the ON state, and the system switch 30 is switched from the OFF state to the ON state. That is, the level sensor D is in the OFF state at the ball amount level at which the sensor A detects the ball amount, while the level sensor D is in the ON state below the ball amount level at which the sensor A detects the ball amount, and the system switch 30 is turned on. To do. The level sensor D may be installed on the downstream side of the sensor A, but is preferably an appropriate storage amount position in the lower right storage tank 18.
[0019]
The notification means is composed of a display lamp blue 31, a display lamp yellow 32, and a display lamp red 33 provided in the notification lamp 4. As described above, the blinking / extinguishing control of each of the display lamps 31 to 33 is performed. This is performed based on ON / OFF of the sensors A to C, respectively. In addition, the blinking operation | movement of each indicator lamp 31-33 is added in steps based on the ON state of each sensor A-C, as shown to FIG.
[0020]
And the sensor C will detect this when the ball | bowl accumulates to the upper end part in the right recirculation | reflux basket 16, similarly to the blink control of the above-mentioned indicator lamp red 33, This will be detected and the reduction machine 3 will be stop-controlled. The reduction machine 3 is started up when an employee turns on an operation switch (not shown) by manual operation.
[0021]
Next, the blinking control operation of the indicator lights 31 to 33 by the sensors A to C will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the blinking control of the indicator lamp 31 is first performed by a sensor in order to determine whether or not a ball has accumulated in the lower right storage tank 18 to a position below the downstream portion of the upper right collection rod 24. It is determined whether or not A is in an ON state (S1). If it is determined that the sensor A is in the ON state in S1, the indicator light blue 31 is blinked by the control based on this (S2), and the ball is moved to the lower position in the lower right storage tank 18 and downstream of the upper right collection tank 24. Notify employees that the system has accumulated. The informed employee sees the flashing state of the indicator light blue 31 to indicate that the normal storage amount is slightly over, so that the player returns the prize ball and the indicator light blue 31 is turned off. The pachinko island stand 1 may be guided to. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the sensor A is in the OFF state (S3). If it is determined that the sensor A is in the OFF state, the display lamp blue 31 is turned off by the control based on this (S4), and S1 is again performed. Return to.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 5, the blinking control of the indicator light yellow 32 is first performed by a sensor in order to determine whether or not the ball has accumulated in the lower right storage tank 18 to a position below the upstream portion of the upper right collection tank 24. It is determined whether or not B is in an ON state (S11). If it is determined that the sensor B is in the ON state in S11, the indicator lamp 32 is blinked by the control based on this (S12), and the ball is moved to the lower position in the lower right storage tank 18 and upstream of the upper right collection tank 24. Notify employees that the system has accumulated. As a result, if the employee is not aware of the blinking of the indicator light blue 31 in S2, the operation of returning the prize ball to the other pachinko island stand 1 is performed on the assumption that the storage amount of the indicator light yellow 32 has considerably exceeded. It can be further encouraged. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the sensor B is in the OFF state (S13). If it is determined that the sensor B is in the OFF state, the indicator lamp yellow 32 is turned off by the control based on this (S14), and S11 is again performed. Return to.
[0023]
As shown in FIG. 6, the blinking control of the indicator light red 33 is first performed by determining whether or not the sensor C is in an ON state in order to determine whether or not the ball has accumulated up to its upper end in the right reflux rod 16. Is determined (S21). If it is determined that the sensor C is in the ON state in S21, the indicator lamp 33 is blinked by control based on this (S22), and the reduction machine 3 is stopped (S23). Then, an inspection of the ball path in the lower right storage tank 18 or in the right reflux basket 16 is performed by the employee to remove the accumulated balls from the ball outlet 28 (S24). Thereafter, the system switch 30 is turned off (S25), and the reduction machine 3 is started (S26) by an employee's manual operation. Note that, by turning off the system switch 30 in S25, the power of the sensor C is cut off and the ball amount detection is stopped.
[0024]
Next, by determining whether or not the level sensor D is in the ON state, it is determined whether or not the stored ball has become below the ball amount level (S27). If it is determined in S27 that the ball amount is below the level, the system switch 30 is automatically turned on by the control based on the ON state of the level sensor D (S28). Thereby, the power is supplied to the sensor C, and the ball amount detection is turned off. The sensor C turns off the display lamp red 33 by the control based on this (S29), and returns to S21 again.
[0025]
As described above, the pachinko island stand 1 according to the present embodiment includes the storage amount detection means (sensors A to C) for detecting the amount of the balls circulated in the pachinko island stand 1 and the storage amount detection means. According to the detected amount of stored balls, the notifying means (indicating lamps 31 to 33) for notifying this and the amount of stored balls so as to hinder the circulation driving of the balls by the reducing machine 3 are the above-mentioned stored amounts. Drive stop means (sensor C) for stopping the drive of the reduction machine 3 when detected by the amount detection means.
[0026]
For this reason, when a player throws in a prize ball acquired in another pachinko island stand into the ball return device 5 of the pachinko island stand 1, the amount of balls that are circulated and used inside the pachinko island stand 1 increases. However, by detecting in stages the amount of ball storage that is increased by the sensors A to C and notifying the employee step by step by flashing the indicator lights 31 to 33, the employee can quickly and accurately This can be dealt with and can prevent the overflow backflow from the discharge port 9 of the upper storage tank 10 in advance. In the worst case, even when the employee is unaware of the flashing notification of the indicator lamps 31 to 33, the sensor C as the drive stop means is used as the reduction machine 3 when the ball has accumulated up to the upper end of the right reflux rod 16. By automatically stopping the driving, it is possible to reliably prevent the overflow backflow from the discharge port 9, and as a result, it is possible to avoid the failure of the reducer 3 due to the backflow of the ball.
[0027]
In the above-described embodiment, a total of three sensors A to C are disposed in the ball passage in the lower right storage tank 18 or the right reflux basket 16, and each of these sensors A to C is used as a storage amount detection means. However, the arrangement position and the number of such sensors are not particularly limited, and the sensor arrangement position may be movable. Moreover, although the alerting | reporting operation | movement of the alerting | reporting means was described as adding blinking of each indicator lamp 31-33 in steps with the ball amount detection operation | movement of each sensor AC, it described the ball amount of each sensor AC. In accordance with the detection operation, the indicator lamps 31 to 33 may be blinked independently. Moreover, it is good also as alerting | reporting operation | movement of a alerting | reporting means by lighting each indicator lamp 31-33 or generating an emergency sound. Further, the arrangement position of the ball return device 5 is not limited to the right side of the reduction machine 3, and may be provided at both end portions of the pachinko island platform 1.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
Thus, as is apparent from the description, in the present invention, pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth is comprised of a plurality of sensors for detecting the storage amount of the balls to be circulated in the pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth stepwise storage amount a detection unit, in accordance with the storage amount of balls detected by該貯Tomeryou detecting means, and notifying means for notifying this stepwise, a drive stop means for stopping the driving of the recirculating ball drive manual stage, the ball circulation an upper storage tank to replenish flows out pachinko machine storing the pumped been balls by drive means, and a lower storage tank to be stored the ball outlet in the ball circulation driving means, the excess of the upper reservoir tank A return passage for returning the balls to the lower storage tank, and a sensor for detecting the maximum storage amount among the plurality of sensors of the storage amount detection means is provided above the inside of the return passage and stored by the sensor. Is detected By stopping the driving of the ball circulating drive means by said drive stopping means, even when the storage amount of balls that are recycled within the pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth is increased, the storage amount of balls increased by storage amount detecting means Is detected step by step, and this is notified to the employee by the notification operation of the notification means, so that the employee can quickly and accurately cope with it and prevent the ball from overflowing. Further, in the worst case, automatically stop even when the employee not notice notifying operation of the notification unit, the largest by Ri drive stop means on detection of the reservoir by the sensor for detecting the accumulated amount of driving of the recirculating ball drive means By doing so, it is possible to reliably prevent the backflow of the ball, and as a result, it is possible to prevent failure of the ball circulation driving means.
[0029]
In addition, by configuring the notification means from a plurality of color-coded indicator lights, it is possible to take prompt and accurate measures by employees .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partially broken front view showing an internal structure of a pachinko island base according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a reflux basket on the pachinko island stand.
FIG. 3 (A) is an explanatory diagram for controlling blinking of the indicator light blue in accordance with the ball amount detection operation of sensor A, and FIG. 3 (B) shows the indicator light in accordance with the ball amount detection operation of sensor B. It is explanatory drawing which controls blinking of yellow, and the same figure (C) is explanatory drawing which controls blinking of the indicator lamp red with the ball amount detection operation of sensor C.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flashing control operation of the indicator light blue.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a blinking control operation of the indicator lamp yellow.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flashing control operation of the indicator lamp red.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Pachinko island 2 Pachinko machine 3 Reduction machine (ball circulation drive means)
4 Notification lamp (notification means)
5 Ball Return Device 7 Conveyor Belt 10 Upper Storage Tank 15/16 Reflux Trap 17/18 Lower Storage Tank 20 Regulatory Wall 28 Ball Exit 31 Indicator Light Blue 32 Indicator Light Yellow 33 Indicator Red Red A / B Sensor (Storage amount detection means) )
C sensor (storage amount detection means, drive stop means)

Claims (2)

In order to replenish used pachinko machines collected from a plurality of pachinko machines, a ball circulation drive means for circulating the balls and a ball return device for returning the prize balls acquired by the player are provided. In pachinko island stand
The pachinko island stand
In order to detect the amount of balls circulated in the pachinko island stand in a stepwise manner, a storage amount detecting means comprising a plurality of sensors
According to the amount of storage of the ball detected by the storage amount detection means, informing means for informing this stepwise,
And drive stop means for stopping the driving of the ball circulating driving hands stage,
An upper storage tank that stores the balls lifted by the ball circulation driving means and replenishes and flows out the pachinko machine;
A lower storage tank flows out into the ball circulation driving means and storing the balls,
A reflux passage for returning excess balls in the upper storage tank to the lower storage tank, and
Among the plurality of sensors of the storage amount detection means , a sensor for detecting the maximum storage amount is provided above the inside of the return passage, and the ball circulation drive means by the drive stop means when the storage is detected by the sensor. Pachinko island stand characterized by stopping the driving of The notification means, pachinko Isle of Eternal Youth of claim 1 Symbol mounting, characterized in that it consists of a plurality of indicator lamps that are color-coded.

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