JP4162161B2 - Ball delivery device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball feeding device of a pachinko machine for counting prize balls, rental balls, and the like in a pachinko machine and supplying the predetermined number to a tray.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a sprocket type device is mainly used as a feeding device that counts and supplies prize balls of a pachinko machine. This is a type in which a ball receiving recess is formed around a sprocket rotated by a pulse motor and supplied to a prize receiving tray while counting the prize balls according to the rotation angle.
[0003]
In addition, as a device having the same purpose, there is a type in which a screw-like rotating device provided with a spiral ball feeding groove is rotated to supply prize trays while counting prize balls.
These ball delivery devices have a ball introduction passage for guiding the balls from the ball service tank and a ball discharge passage for feeding the balls to the saucer on the front surface of the pachinko machine, and a ball guiding mechanism such as the sprocket type is arranged between them. A predetermined number of prize balls can be supplied.
[0004]
On the other hand, recently, with regard to lending of balls, in addition to using a counter in the store or an automatic ball rental machine, applying a prepaid card system and inserting a prepaid card purchased in advance into a pachinko machine A method of receiving a desired number of balls supplied directly from a pachinko machine is becoming widespread. In this case as well, the ball sending device for prize balls is used as it is.
[0005]
In this way, in order to supply a predetermined number of balls for both the prize balls and the lending balls, in the ball delivery device, the ball balls are supplied to the ball receiving tray through a common ball discharge passage while counting in accordance with a command from the control device. It is supposed to be. In this case, since it is common to use a common ball detection sensor for the counting operation of prize balls and rented balls, although it can be identified by the memory in the control device, it cannot be managed separately due to the mechanical structure of the pachinko machine. There was an inconvenience.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and separately performs control and management of a prize ball and a lending ball feeding operation and a counting operation supplied from a ball service tank of a pachinko machine. In addition to this, a ball delivery device for a pachinko machine is provided which makes it easy to pull out a ball after work.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The ball delivery device of the pachinko machine of the present invention made to solve the above problem is driven to rotate in a certain direction based on a signal from the ball introduction passage and the control device, receives the ball from the ball introduction passage, A ball guiding means comprising a sprocket-like rotating body provided on the outer periphery with a recess into which a ball can be fitted, which is guided to the inlet portion of the ball discharging passage, and a plurality of ball discharging passages into which the guided balls are fed. and a ball delivery device of the pachinko machine and the inlet portion of the ball discharge passage individually, in the order of the driving direction along the outer peripheral surface of the sprocket-shaped rotary member is the ball guide means, and induced by the recess with balls arranged in a positional relationship to be fed by gravity, equipped with closing means for enabling selecting a specific inlet section for the ball closes at least a portion of said plurality of inlet is fed this The one in which the features.
[0008]
The present invention also provides a ball delivery device of the pachinko machine, the sprocket-shaped rotary body drive side of direction along the outer peripheral surface of a said ball guide means an inlet portion of the first, second and third ball discharge passage A ball detection sensor is provided at the entrance of the first and second ball discharge passages, one of the first and second ball discharge passages is used as a prize ball discharge passage, and the other is a ball rental payout. It can be embodied in the form of a ball and a ball extraction passage of the third ball discharge passage.
[0009]
Furthermore, the present invention provides a plurality of combinations including at least the series of ball introduction passages, ball guide means, and ball discharge passages, and the timing at which the balls guided by the ball guide means are fed into the inlet portion. It can be embodied as a ball feeding device of a pachinko machine in a form in which a time difference is provided.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment according to the ball delivery device of the pachinko machine of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The ball delivery device of the pachinko machine of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1, which shows a cross section of the main part thereof, from the ball introduction passage 1 and a control device (not shown) as shown in the vertical cross section (A) and horizontal cross section (B). A sprocket-like rotator 2 that is a ball guiding means that is rotationally driven in a fixed direction by the driving device 20 based on the signal, receives the ball p from the ball introduction passage 1 and guides it to the inlet of the next ball discharge passage, and its guidance The balls p are assembled from the ball discharge passages 31, 32, 33 that are fed from the inlet portions 31a, 32a, 33a.
[0011]
Here, a sprocket-like rotating body 2 is applied as the ball guiding means. In this sprocket-like rotator 2, recesses 21 into which balls p can be fitted with a certain margin are provided on the outer peripheral surface at equal intervals (in FIG. 1, four rotators 21 are provided in one rotor 2. Is).
[0012]
When the rotating body 2 is rotationally driven by the driving device 20 in a certain direction (the clockwise direction is shown in FIG. 1), the rotating body 2 is received from the ball introduction passage 1 into the concave portion 21 in which the ball p is opened. Further, it is guided while moving on the circumference, passes above the inlet portions 31a and 32a closed by the slide shutter 4, and is naturally dropped and sent to the inlet portion 33a of the opened ball discharge passage 33. The empty recess 21 moves further and receives a new ball p from the ball introduction passage 1 again, so that the operation of introducing and delivering the ball is repeated.
[0013]
A feature of the present invention is that a plurality of ball discharge passages, for example, ball discharge passages 31, 32, 33, as shown in FIG. 1, are provided, and a plurality of inlet portions 31a, 32a, 33a corresponding to each are provided. Individually, the ball is disposed in a position in which the balls naturally drop and sent along the outer circumferential surface of the sprocket-like rotator 2 in the driving direction, and at least one of the plurality of inlet portions is closed to There is an opening / closing means that can select a specific inlet portion to be fed, for example, a slide shutter 4.
[0014]
Here, the slide shutter 4 as the opening / closing means is made of a plate member having an arcuate cross section, and is attached to the tip of an arm 41 extending from the opening / closing drive device 40 so as to be slidable along the outer peripheral surface of the sprocket-like rotating body 2. . As shown in FIG. 1, in the position rotated clockwise, the slide shutter 4 closes the inlets 31a and 32a of the ball discharge passages 31 and 32 and opens only the inlet 33a. In this case, the ball p is sent only to the entrance 33a.
[0015]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, in the position where the slide shutter 4 is rotated counterclockwise, all of the inlets 31a, 32a, 33a of the ball discharge passages 31, 32, 33 are opened. The ball p is naturally dropped and sent to the entrance 31a that appears first.
[0016]
FIG. 3 compares the selection state of the ball discharge passage by the slide shutter 4 as described above, and FIG. 3A is similar to FIG. 3C corresponds to the case where the inlet 31a of the first ball discharge passage 31 is selected, as in FIG. In FIG. 3 (B), the slide shutter 4 is positioned in the middle of the cases of FIGS. 3 (A) and 3 (B), the entrance 31a is closed, and the ball p is selected to be fed into the next entrance 32a. It is.
[0017]
In the present invention, following the sprocket-like rotator, a plurality of inlet portions of the ball discharge passage are arranged, and opening / closing means such as a slide shutter are provided, so that the discharge passage for feeding the ball is appropriately selected. It becomes possible to do.
In FIG. 3, the ball discharge passages 31 and 32 illustrated in FIG. 2 are described as being merged and integrated at a place past the entrance portion. Thus, it can be embodied in such a form.
[0018]
Next, another embodiment of the ball feeding device of the pachinko machine of the present invention will be described.
(1) When the ball discharge passages 31, 31, 33 in FIG. 1 are the first, second, and third ball discharge passages, respectively, the inlet portions 31a, 32a of the first and second ball discharge passages The ball detection sensors 51 and 52 are provided, and one of the first and second ball discharge passages is used as a prize ball discharge passage, the other is used as a ball lending discharge passage, and the ball extraction passage of the third ball discharge passage is used. .
[0019]
In this way, if the entrances connected to the dedicated ball discharge passages such as prize ball payout, ball payout, and ball withdrawal are made independent, the payout operation and counting of the prize balls and balls supplied from the ball tank of the pachinko machine In addition to being able to perform control and management of operations and the like separately separately, it is possible to obtain an advantage that a ball extraction operation performed after the end of work becomes easy.
[0020]
(2) A plurality of combinations including at least the ball guiding means such as the series of ball introduction passages 1 and the sprocket-like rotator 2 and the ball discharge passages 31, 32, 33, for example, balls in FIG. Introducing passages 1A, 1B to sprocket-like rotating bodies 2A, 2B (in FIG. 1A, 2A is represented by a solid line, 2B is represented by a chain line) to two sets of ball discharge passages (not shown), And the form which provided the time difference in the timing which sends the induced | guided | derived ball | bowl to an entrance part by displacing each recessed part of sprocket-like rotary body 2A, 2B which is each ball | bowl guidance means at equal intervals.
[0021]
In the case of such a pachinko ball delivery device, signals from a plurality of ball detection sensors do not overlap. There is an advantage that the processing speed of delivery can be improved.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
Since the ball delivery device of the pachinko machine of the present invention is configured as described above, it is possible to form a plurality of ball discharge passages and appropriately select the discharge passage for feeding the balls. In addition to being able to separately manage the counting of balls, there is an excellent effect that if a third ball discharge passage is set, a ball extraction operation after work is facilitated. Therefore, the present invention has an extremely large industrial value as a ball delivery device for a pachinko machine that has solved the conventional problems.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining one operation example of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view for explaining an operation example of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ball introduction path, 2 Rotating body, 20 Drive apparatus, 21 Recessed part, 31, 32, 33 Ball discharge path, 31a, 32a, 33a Inlet part, 4 Slide shutter, 40 opening / closing drive apparatus, 41 Arm, 51, 52 Ball detection Sensor, p ball.

Claims (3)

And Ball introduction passage, is rotated in a certain direction based on a signal from the control unit receives the ball from the ball inlet passage, is guided to the inlet of the next ball discharge passage, provided on the outer circumference a recess balls can be fitted and ball guide means consisting of the sprocket-shaped rotating body has, a ball delivery device and a plurality of balls discharge passage that induced balls are fed at least with a pinball machine, an inlet portion of the ball discharge passage individually The balls guided in the driving direction along the outer peripheral surface of the sprocket-like rotator serving as the ball guiding means , and arranged in a positional relationship where the balls guided by the recesses are naturally dropped and sent , and the plurality of inlet portions pinball machine ball delivery device characterized by a kite comprising a switching means for enabling selected a specific inlet section for the ball is closed is sent at least a portion of. In the ball delivery device of the pachinko machine according to claim 1, distributing the inlet portion of the ball discharge passage of the first, second and third in the order of the drive Direction along the outer peripheral surface of the sprocket-shaped rotary member is the ball guide means And a ball detection sensor is provided at the inlets of the first and second ball discharge passages, one of the first and second ball discharge passages is used as a prize ball discharge passage, and the other is used as a ball rental payout passage. A ball delivery device for a pachinko machine that serves as a ball extraction passage of the third ball discharge passage. A plurality of combinations including at least the series of ball introduction passages, ball guide means, and ball discharge passages, and a time difference is provided at the timing at which the balls guided by each ball guide means are sent to the inlet. 3. A ball delivery device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2.

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