JP4911589B2 - Cigarette butts collection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a collection device such as a cigarette butt that is disposed in an island facility in which a gaming machine is installed and collects garbage such as cigarette butt and paper waste thrown by a player.

  Game machines such as pachinko machines that play games using game balls and revolving game machines that play games using game balls or medals (so-called parrots, slot machines) have housings in preparation for smoking by players. A cigarette holder is provided separately. Conventionally, in many amusement halls, it has been common for an attendant to periodically circulate and collect butts before the butts are full. However, in recent years, a recovery device has been installed inside the island facility where game machines are arranged in order to immediately recover the generated butts without interrupting the game of the player, to reduce the work burden of the staff. There are an increasing number of amusement halls that use a system in which a cigarette butt is inserted into an inlet formed in an island facility and automatically collected instead of a cigarette jar in a gaming machine housing.

  As this type of collection device, for example, as shown in the following patent document, a device that can bend the collection path of the butts is proposed. In this device, a plurality of screw shafts having spiral blades are connected to each other by a universal joint in a bent state, and a plurality of conduits are connected in accordance with the length and bending angle of the screw shaft. By doing so, a bent transfer path of the cigarette butt is formed. As a result, it is possible to automatically collect butts even in an island facility in which a gaming machine is arranged in a bent shape to improve layout.

Utility Model Registration No. 3115655

  In the cigarette collection device according to the above-described device, the conduit as the cigarette collection path including the screw shaft inside is connected to a plurality of flange members whose ends are cut obliquely at the connection position of the screw shaft. It is formed to be bent into a "<" shape (see Patent Document 1: Paragraph [0030] and FIG. 4). However, this method becomes a problem when the collection device is mounted on the island facility. That is, since a clearance smaller than the thickness of the sucking shell to be introduced is allowed between the spiral blade body of the screw shaft and the inner surface of the conduit (saddle member), when installing them in the island facility, It is necessary to satisfy the relative positional relationship with the conduit with high accuracy. This is because, when a large clearance exceeding the thickness of the butt is generated between the blade body and the conduit, the region becomes a dead space where the butt is leaked from the screw and stays. When the butts that have accumulated in the dead space are not completely extinguished, there is a problem that incomplete combustion of the butts occurs or the filter part of the butts is ignited to generate harmful gases. In addition, if the butt always stays in this region and continues to burn, the portion of the conduit is overheated, and there is a risk that the player may feel heat when the player contacts the conduit from the outside.

On the other hand, the collar member made of a highly rigid metal material such as aluminum generally lacks flexibility, and if a slight error occurs in the cutting angle at the end, a large deviation occurs at the end in the longitudinal direction. In the above-described conventional butt collection device that rigidly couples the eaves member whose end is processed obliquely, there is a problem that the dead space is generated or the conduit cannot be installed at a predetermined position of the island facility. It was. In particular, the shape and dimensions of the island facilities that are bent side by side between the gaming machines vary from one amusement arcade to each other, and when installing a large number of gaming machines on the island facilities as in recent large-scale stores, Accumulation of errors has become more prominent because the width dimension becomes large.
On the other hand, it is not easy to accurately cut the end of the saddle member according to the bending angle of the island facility in the field work in the game hall, and the end portion after temporarily assembling the conduit with a plurality of saddle members There is a problem that the method of cutting the wire is not realistic because of a heavy work load.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a collection device such as a cigarette butt that can assemble a conduit quickly and accurately even in a bent path.

In the present invention, the end portions of the plurality of eaves members are formed obliquely by cutting them at a predetermined angle and the like, and then they are formed in advance with an intended bending angle instead of bending them together. The first feature is that the end portion of the flange member is held by the angled holding member and communicated with each other to form a conduit serving as a transfer path for the butts. Thereby, compared with the case where the said conventional conduit | pipe is mounted in an island installation, the attachment precision is improved for the following reasons.
First, since the angled holding member and the flange member are configured as separate members, there is no need to obtain a bending angle by oblique machining of the end portion of the flange member. In addition, the angled holding member can be obtained by molding a heat-resistant resin material or the like because it has sufficient strength and rigidity to hold the flange member, and therefore, the bending angle between the flange members can be realized with high accuracy. Is easy.
Secondly, errors in various shapes and width dimensions of the island equipment, or processing errors of the eaves member, are caused by relative positional relationship between the angled holding member and the eaves member, specifically, the angle relative to the angled holding member. Absorption is possible by changing the holding depth and holding angle of the member. That is, the angled holding member and the flange member do not need to be rigidly fixed to each other as long as there is no leakage of the transferred butts, so there is a dead space that does not reach the transfer force of the transfer means such as the butts. By adjusting the holding depth of the eaves member relative to the angled holding member and by the slight bending deformation of the angled holding member formed from a resin material so that it does not occur in the conduit, it is possible for the island facility and the transfer means such as the butt. It is possible to accurately attach the flange member to a desired position.

  Moreover, this invention makes it the 2nd characteristic that the shape of the 1st holding | maintenance part with which an angled holding member is equipped and the 2nd holding | maintenance part was made into the concave shape opened upwards instead of a cylinder shape. As a result, (i) the ends are connected to each other only by applying the holding member to the two flange members from below, (ii) temporary assembly of the entire conduit is unnecessary, and (iii) a plurality of It is possible to obtain the advantage that the members can be attached to the island facility in any order.

  Furthermore, when fixing a conduit | pipe to an island installation, this invention sets it as the 3rd characteristic that the bottom part of the outer surface of at least the 1st holding | maintenance part or the 2nd holding | maintenance part was fixed with the fixing body. As a result, a lifting force acts on the eaves member via the first holding portion or the second holding portion, so that bending deformation of the eaves member is suppressed, and the height of the eaves member relative to the island facility can be accurately aligned. Therefore, there is an advantage that no step that inhibits the transfer of the butts is formed at the bottom of the inner surface of the flange member.

<Regarding the island facility where the present invention is used>
FIG. 1 is a front view of an island facility 100 provided with a collection device 10 such as a cigarette butt according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is installed in the island facility 100 (not illustrated in FIG. 9, but illustrated in FIG. 9). FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a gaming machine 102 and a replenishment basket 120 that replenishes each gaming machine with a game ball. As the gaming machine 102, in addition to the pachinko machine exemplified in this embodiment, a parrot, a slot machine, an arrangement ball, or the like may be used. The gaming machines 102 are installed in the island facility 100 in two rows side by side with a predetermined bending angle so that the back surfaces (hatched in FIG. 2) are opposed to each other. In the figure, since all the gaming machines 102 are arranged to bend with other adjacent gaming machines, the island facility 100 is curved in the longitudinal direction as a whole. In addition, for at least some of the plurality of gaming machines 102 arranged side by side, island facilities such as a “shape” or a polygonal shape arranged to bend with other adjacent gaming machines 102 Also for 100, the collection device 10 such as a cigarette of the present invention can be suitably used. In the present invention, the island facility whose longitudinal direction is curved or bent as described above is widely referred to as “R island”.
In addition, a game medium supply device such as a ball lending machine that supplies a player with a game medium such as a pachinko ball may be installed between the game machines 102.

  Generally, in the island facility 100, a board 121 for placing a game medium storage box (commonly called a dollar box) in which a player stores game media such as a game ball and a medal is placed on the waist and chest of the player who is playing the game. It is formed so as to protrude toward the player at the height position. The board 121 also functions to place and support the gaming machine 102 attached to the island facility 100. The saddle plate 121 is supported and fixed to the bottom plate of the island facility 100 and the floor of the amusement shop by a waist plate 122 standing below. In addition, the island facility 100 includes a recovery device 123 that recovers the game media discharged from the gaming machine 102, a lifting device 124 that transfers the recovered game media to the supply tank 125, and the like.

In addition, in the island facility 100 in which the collection device 10 for sucking butt according to the present invention is used, an insertion port 104 is formed in the base plate 121 so as to correspond to the installation position of the gaming machine 102, so It is possible to drop trash such as paper scraps (hereinafter referred to as “butt butts”) into it and throw it away. An ashtray is formed at the input port 104 so as to surround it, and the lit cigarette can be temporarily placed or the cigarette can be extinguished.
The butterfly collection device 10 that transfers and collects the dropped butts etc. is generally provided on the back surface of the board 121 and far from the player, that is, on the front side of the waist plate 122. This is because the input port 104 is provided in a range where the player does not hit his / her feet or the like on the collection device 10 such as the cigarette but can be easily reached by the player's hand (generally the left hand) during the game. . In the R island, in order to make the relative positional relationship between the gaming machines 102 and the insertion slot 104 aligned in the longitudinal direction constant, the insertion slot 104 has an arc shape corresponding to the planned installation position of the gaming machine 102. It is good to provide in a distributed manner.

  Therefore, the collection unit 10 for the butts and the like of the present invention used on the R island is formed in a curved shape or a bent shape that sequentially connects the respective inlets 104 so that the butts and the like introduced from any of the inlets 104 can be recovered. In addition, it is communicated with each of the inlets 104. In the case of the collection device 10 and the island facility 100 illustrated in FIG. 1, the insertion port 104 is formed in the gutter plate 121 at intervals corresponding to the width dimension of the gaming machine 102, and communicates therewith below the insertion port 104. The conduit 20 is bent at the same interval to form a polygonal shape as a whole. An angled holding member 24 described later is provided at the bent portion of the conduit 20.

<About collection devices such as butts>
The butterfly collection device 10 communicates with the inlet 104 provided on the R island and transfers the pipe 20 extending in the transfer direction of the cigarette and the like, and the pipe sucked from the inlet 104 along the conduit 20 for recovery. Transporting means such as a cigarette butt.
In the present invention, the transfer means such as a cigarette butt is not particularly limited. For example, in addition to a mechanical transfer system such as a rotating screw body or a belt conveyor, blowing by a blower or passing water by a water pump, etc. It is also possible to adopt a transfer system using these fluids, or a combination thereof. Of course, the present invention may be a recovery device that targets only the cigarette butt, or a recovery device that targets only recovery of paper waste and the like.

(About transfer means such as butts)
As shown in FIG. 3, the recovery device 10 for cigarettes according to the present embodiment includes a screw device 30 as a transfer device for cigarettes etc. inside the conduit 20. By rotating the screw body 301 accommodated in the conduit 20 formed by connecting the flange member 21, a transfer force is applied in the normal direction of the push surface 36 that abuts against the sucking shell 110 or the like 110. That is, the screw body 301 includes a shaft portion 31 extending in the transfer direction of the cigarette butt 110 and the like, and a blade portion 34 protruding radially outward from the periphery thereof, and the entire blade portion 34 or at least the front surface side (transfer destination). A spiral push surface 36 is formed on the side. The entire blade 34 shown in the figure is formed as a right-handed spiral (a spiral that rotates counterclockwise as viewed from the transfer direction). By rotating the screw body 301 in the reverse direction of the spiral direction (clockwise as viewed from the transfer direction), a transfer force can be applied in the normal direction to the sucking shell 110 or the like that contacts the front surface of the blade portion 34. it can.

  At this time, the clearance between the conduit 20 and the end of the pressing surface 36, that is, the distance (d0) between the bottom of the inner surface of the conduit 20 and the peripheral end of the pressing surface 36 is made smaller than the outer diameter of the butterfly 110 or the like. Thus, the cigarette butt 110 is given a transfer force without spilling from the push surface 36. In other words, the center position of the shaft portion 31 of the screw body 301 accommodated in the conduit 20 and the spiral diameter of the push surface 36 that is formed to protrude in the radial direction from the surface of the shaft portion 31 are the diameter of the bottom surface of the inner surface of the conduit 20. It is determined according to the size of the butt and the like 110. That is, the maximum radius that the spiral can take is equal to the radius of the bottom of the inner surface of the conduit 20, and the minimum radius is the radius of the buttocks 110 to be transferred from the radius of the bottom of the inner surface of the conduit 20. In addition, about the inner surface upper part of the conduit | pipe 20, the space | interval to the peripheral edge part of the pressing surface 36 may exceed the said d0. This is because even if the butts or the like lifted up by the screw body 301 leak from the pushing surface 36 at the upper part of the inner surface of the conduit 20, the sucking shells or the like fall by their own weight and reach the bottom of the conduit 20 again. This is because the transfer force is received.

Therefore, in the recovery device 10 such as the butt, the clearance d0 between the peripheral edge of the push surface 36 and the bottom of the inner surface of the conduit 20 does not depend on the position in the longitudinal direction, that is, whether it is a straight portion or a bent portion of the R island. However, it is necessary to maintain the desired value with high accuracy. When the clearance d0 exceeds the diameter of the butt or the like 110, a dead space may be generated in the conduit 20. Conversely, when d0 becomes zero, the push surface 36 and the conduit 20 interfere with each other to inhibit the rotation of the screw body 301. Because. For this reason, when the rotating screw body 301 is used as a transfer means such as a butt in the present invention, it is necessary to combine the screw body 301 and the conduit 20 provided in a non-contact manner with a clearance d0 with relatively high positional accuracy. .
Other features relating to the screw body 301 that can be suitably used as a transfer means such as a butt for the present embodiment will be described later.

In addition, when a transporting machine such as a conveyor belt or a roller for placing and transferring the cigarette butts 110 is used as the transfer means for the cigarettes and the like, the cigarette butts 110 can be stably placed and the cigarettes being transferred etc. It is necessary to increase the level of the bottom surface of the conduit 20 so that the 110 is not missed.
Also, when a fluid such as air or water is used as a transfer means such as a cigarette butt, the conduit 20 is not so large in the longitudinal direction so that the recovery apparatus 10 such as a butt sucks against the player's knee or the like and impedes playability. The problem is that the gradient cannot be given. That is, when the collection device 10 with a small slope, such as a butt, is used on the R island, the flow of the fluid is slow at the bent portion, and the butt of the butt 110 during the transfer tends to stay. Therefore, it is required to secure good fluidity of the fluid by increasing the processing accuracy and mounting accuracy of the bottom surface. In addition, when the transfer is performed by a fluid, it is naturally not recognized that a fluid is leaked due to a gap between the conduit 20 itself and the saddle plate 121.

  In response to such a problem, the recovery device 10 such as a cigarette butt according to the present invention is configured so that the conduit 20 holds a plurality of scissors members and communicates the plurality of scissors members in a bent state while holding the ends thereof. It has two or more angled holding members and a fixed body that fixes at least the bottom of the outer surface of the angled holding member to the island facility. According to the recovery device 10 such as a butt, a conduit 20 having high dimensional accuracy can be easily obtained corresponding to the R island having various lengths and bending angles without requiring a complicated processing operation. It is possible to properly collect 110 without stagnation.

(Conduit)
FIG. 4A is a perspective view of the conduit 20 according to the present embodiment, and an enlarged view of a bent portion surrounded by a circle B in FIG. 4B is shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the conduit 20 shown in FIG.
The conduit 20 includes a plurality of eaves members 21 (21a, 21b), an angled holding member 24 that holds the end portions 22 (22a, 22b), and at least the bottom of the angled holding member 24 to the island facility 100. It consists of a fixed body 80 to be fixed. The angled holding member 24 holds the flange member 21a at the first holding portion 27 and the flange member 21b at the second holding portion 28, and a fixed body 80 is attached to the outer surface of each holding portion. ing.

  The plurality of eaves members 21 may have the same dimensions or may have different lengths and / or width dimensions.

  The specific shape of the eaves member 21 is not particularly limited, and a transfer path such as a dropped butt can be formed as long as it has a concave shape with an opening communicating with the input port 104 upward. When a screw body 301 having a spiral pushing surface 36 is used as a transfer means such as a cigarette butt, the longitudinal direction of the inner surface of the flange member 21 is such that the clearance from the periphery of the screw body 301 does not become a dead space such as a buttshell. The cross-sectional shape cut perpendicularly to is preferably a semicircular arc shape that is a curved shape having a uniform distance from the axis of the screw body 301 at least on the lower side (bottom) side. Therefore, the cross-sectional shape of the flange member 21 is typically a semicircular shape, a U shape, a truncated circular shape, or the like.

  The eaves member 21 can be obtained, for example, by press molding of a metal plate material such as an aluminum alloy from the viewpoint of strength, durability, heat resistance, and the like.

The longitudinal shape of the flange member 21 is as follows: (1) a center line 211, that is, a straight pipe in which the line segment connecting the center of gravity of the cross section of the flange member 21 in the longitudinal direction is a straight line; and (2) the center line 211 is Either a curved or bent curved pipe may be used. However, there is a cost merit by using a straight pipe.
The end 22 of the flange member 21 is (1) a vertical end where the end face 23 and the center line 211 are orthogonal to each other, and (2) an oblique end where the end face 23 and the center line 211 cross each other. There may be. In the former case having a vertical end, the processing accuracy of the flange member 21 is high, and molding is easy.

  The angled holding member 24 is a concave first fitting portion 27 that fits with the outer peripheral surface of the end portion 22a of the one flange member 21a to be connected, and a concave shape that fits with the outer peripheral surface of the end portion 22b of the other flange member 21b. The second holding portion 28 and an angled portion 26 formed in a fan shape in plan view therebetween. The angled holding member 24 can be obtained by injection molding a resin material such as polycarbonate having high dimensional stability.

  In this way, the flange members 21a and 21b are bent according to the bending angle (BA) of the angled portion 26 only by supporting the flange members 21a and 21b from below with the concave first and second holding portions 27 and 28. Can be connected. The protruding lengths of the first and second holding portions 27, 28, that is, the holding lengths of the end portions 22a, 22b of the flange members 21a, 21b are sufficient for holding stability of the flange members 21a, 21b by the angled holding member 24. Is not particularly limited as long as it is obtained, and can be, for example, about 1/5 to 1/1 of the outer diameter of the flange members 21a and 21b.

  Further, as in the present embodiment, the first and second holding portions 27 and 28 are not formed in a cylindrical shape but in a concave shape with an open top, and are fixed by being lifted by a flexible fixing body 80. As a result, the plurality of eaves members 21a, 21b can be attached to the R island in an arbitrary order, and the temporary assembly of the entire collection device 10 such as the butts is unnecessary, so that the assembly workability is excellent.

  Further, when the entire angled holding member 24, or at least the angled portion 26 is made of a resin material, the vibration and thermal strain of the flange members 21a and 21b mainly made of a metal material having high rigidity and high thermal expansion coefficient are angled. It can be absorbed by deformation of the part 26.

  When the width dimensions of the flange member 21a and the flange member 21b are different, the diameters of the first holding portion 27 and the second holding portion 28 of the angled holding member 24 may be made different according to each. In such a case, it is preferable that the diameter is gradually changed in a tapered shape at the angled portion 26 so that a sucking shell or the like to be transferred is not caught due to a step between the large diameter holding portion and the small diameter holding portion. .

By using a plurality of angled holding members 24, two or more bent portions can be formed in the conduit 20. In FIG. 5A, three hook members 21 are connected in series so as to have a curved shape by two angled holding members 24 via two bent portions. Of course, it is also possible to combine the number of the angled holding members 24 and the flange members 21 which are more than those illustrated in FIG.
Inside the curved conduit 20 is provided a transfer means such as a sucker but not shown in the figure, and the sucker and the like are transferred along the longitudinal direction of the conduit 20 as indicated by an arrow in the figure.

(About angled holding members)
FIG. 6 is a four-side view of the angled holding member 24 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2A is a plan view, FIG. 1B is a side view, FIG. 1C is a front view, and FIG.

The angled holding member 24 has a bowl-like shape opened upward, and is flat so that the center line 271 of the first holding part 27 and the center line 281 of the second holding part 28 form the bending angle (BA). They are connected by a fan-shaped angled portion 26. Accordingly, the end portions 22 of the flange members 21 to be connected (see FIG. 4 respectively) are held by the angled holding members 24 so that they communicate with each other with a bending angle (BA).
The center line 271 of the first holding part 27 and the center line 281 of the second holding part 28 are the centroids of the cross sections of the holding surfaces of the bowl-shaped first holding part 27 and second holding part 28, respectively. This means the line connecting the positions.

In the angled holding member 24 according to the present embodiment, the boundary line 272 between the first holding portion 27 and the angled portion 26 has a U-shaped front view and a linear shape in plan view, and the first holding shape. It is orthogonal to the center line 271 of the portion 27.
The boundary line 282 between the second holding part 28 and the angled part 26 is also U-shaped in a front view and linear in a plan view, and is orthogonal to the center line 281 of the second holding part 28.

  Thereby, both the first holding part 27 and the second holding part 28 can hold the vertical end of the straight tubular flange member 21. That is, since the flange members 21a and 21b and the angled portion 26 are continuous only by attaching the first and second holding portions 27 and 28 from below to the flange members 21a and 21b, a groove-like gap is generated between them. There is no risk of stagnation or clogging of the transferred cigarettes.

  However, as long as the above object is achieved, it is not always essential that the end portion 22 of the flange member 21 and the angled portion 26 are in direct contact with each other. The end surface 23 of the flange member 21 and the boundary line 272 of the angled portion 26 are not necessarily required. , 282 may have a gap as long as the clearance d0 (see FIG. 3) is not exceeded. That is, the insertion depth of the flange members 21a and 21b can be increased or decreased by adjusting the clearance d0. Thereby, the error of the dimension and shape of R island in which collection | recovery apparatuses 10, such as a cigarette butt, are installed can be absorbed, and the conduit | pipe 20 can be adapted to this with high precision. However, by bringing the end surface 23 of the flange member 21 and the angled portion 26 into contact with each other without a gap, ash that is a residue of a cigarette butt or the like is not clogged in the contact portion.

In the angled holding member 24 shown in FIG. 6, the inner surface 263 of the angled portion 26 is formed one step higher than the inner surface 273 of the first holding portion 27 and the inner surface 283 of the second holding portion 28. It is characterized by.
Here, the thickness of the end portion 22a of one flange member 21a held by the first holding portion 27 is equivalent to the step between the inner surface 273 of the first holding portion 27 and the inner surface 283 of the angled portion 26. By doing so, the inner surface of the flange member 21a and the inner surface 263 of the angled portion 26 are flush with each other at least at the bottom. Similarly, the thickness of the end 22b of the other flange member 21b held by the second holding portion 28 is made equal to the level difference between the inner surface 283 of the second holding portion 28 and the inner surface 283 of the angled portion 26. Thereby, the inner surface bottom part of the flange member 21b and the inner surface 263 of the angled part 26 are flush with each other.
Therefore, when the butt or the like is transferred from the one heel member 21a toward the other heel member 21b or from the other heel member 21b toward the one heel member 21a, it is not necessary for the butt or the like to get over the step. , And smoothly transferred via the inner surface 263 of the angled portion 26.

  In the case of the conduit 20 configured using a plurality of angled holding members 24, the bending angles (BA) of the angled holding members 24 may be the same or different. That is, it is preferable to use the angled holding member 24 that can select the shape of the angled portion 26 according to the curved or bent shape of the R island in which the collection device 10 such as the cigarette butt is used, and obtain a suitable bent angle. When the bending angle obtained by the angled holding member 24 is made different, the difference in length between the inner method (left side in FIG. 6A) and the outer method (right side in FIG. 6A) of the fan-shaped angled portion 26 is increased or decreased. You can do it.

  By preparing in advance a plurality of types of angled holding members 24 having different bending angles (BA), when assembling the conduit 20 at the site of the amusement shop, it is possible to select an appropriate one according to the bending angle of the R island. The angled holding member 24 can be selected and used. That is, the island facility 100 has a large size in the longitudinal direction, and in particular, the bent or curved shape of the R island generally inevitably includes considerable dimensional errors and angular errors. A high dimensional accuracy is required at the bottom of the inner surface of the equal recovery device 10, particularly the conduit 20, in relation to a transfer means such as a cigarette butt. Therefore, by using the straight tubular scissors member 21 and the angled holding member 24 having a plurality of bending angles (BA) as in the present invention, the scissors member 21 having a desired length in the field work, It is possible to quickly assemble the collection device 10 such as the butts, by appropriately selecting the angled holding member 24 of the bending angle (BA). In addition, also when adjusting the length of the eaves member 21 according to the dimension of the R island, since the oblique processing of the end face 23 is unnecessary, the end 22 can be easily finely adjusted to a required length. it can.

The angled holding member 24 having a different bending angle (BA) may be provided with an identifier 29 or a color (CL) for identifying the magnitude of the bending angle on the outer surface 25. Since the bend angle (BA) of the angled holding member 24 can be determined by the identifier 29 and the color (CL), (1) the selection error of the angled holding member 24 during assembly work of the collection device 10 such as the butt for the R island. (2) Inspection after visual inspection from outside is possible even after assembly work.
The part to which the identifier 29 and the color (CL) are applied may be any one of the outer surface 274 of the first holding part 27, the outer surface 284 of the second holding part 28, and the outer surface 264 of the angled part 26.

On the bottom of the outer surface 274 of the first holding part 27 and on the bottom 270 of the outer surface 284 of the second holding part 28, bottom protrusions 275 and 285 are respectively formed protruding downward. Further, on the opening end portion 280 of the angled holding member 24, side projections 277 and 287 are formed to protrude laterally on the outer surfaces 274 and 284 of the first and second holding portions 27 and 28, respectively. .
The bottom projections 275 and 285 and the side projections 277 and 287 prevent the fixed body 80 from falling off when the angled holding member 24 is attached to the island facility 100 by the fixed body 80. The collection device 10 such as a cigarette butt according to the present invention is attached to a guide plate 251, a seat plate 254, a roof plate 121 or the like (hereinafter referred to as “guide plate or the like”) constituting the island facility 100 as described later. it can.
The positions and number of the bottom protrusions 275 and 285 and the side protrusions 277 and 287 are not limited to those shown in the figure. For example, as long as the angled holding member 24 can be positioned with the fixed body for fixing the member, One holding part 27 or two or more bottom protrusions may be provided on the one holding part 27 and the second holding part 28, respectively, on the sides of these outer surfaces.

(About fixed body)
Fig.7 (a) is a perspective view which shows the use condition which bent the strip | belt-shaped fixing body 80 in U shape, and the same figure (b) is a perspective view of the strip | belt-shaped fixing body 80 at the time of no load. .
The fixed body 80 includes a belt-like portion 81 that is more flexible and rich in flexibility than the angled holding member 24, and fixed portions 82 provided at both ends thereof. The belt-like portion 81 and the fixing portion 82 may be integrally formed from the same material, or may be formed by joining two or more parts made of the same or different materials. When it is obtained from the same material, it is preferable to make it thicker than the strip-shaped portion 81 so that it can withstand the concentrated load applied to the fixed portion 82 when attached to a guide plate or the like.

  Regardless of whether the outer shape of the angled holding member 24 is circular or rectangular by making the band-shaped portion 81 flexible, an error may occur in the outer dimension of the angled holding member 24. A high holding force can be obtained because it is possible to follow and fit. That is, the dimensional error of the eaves member 21 and the island facility 100 can be absorbed by the deformation of the angled holding member 24 and the adjustment of the holding depth of the eaves member 21 with respect to the first and second holding portions 27 and 28, The dimensional error of the angled holding member 24 can be absorbed by the deformation of the fixed body 80. In the present invention, the dimensional accuracy of the conduit 20 is improved by using a rigid member requiring durability and heat resistance together with a flexible member requiring flexibility and stretchability.

  The band-like portion 81 is fitted to the bottom projections 275 and 285 (see FIG. 6) of the angled holding member 24 to prevent the fixed body 80 from being largely displaced relative to the angled holding member 24. A hole 83 is provided. The fitting hole 83 shown in the figure is a through-hole penetrating the belt-like portion 81, but it may be a retaining hole that can be fitted according to the protruding height of the bottom protrusions 275 and 285. The shape of the fitting hole 83 is not particularly limited as long as the bottom protrusions 275 and 285 can be fitted, and even if it is a perfect circle, it is formed as a long hole extending in the width direction of the angled holding member 24. Also good. By using the fitting hole 83 as a long hole, it is possible to absorb the formation position shift of the bottom protrusions 275 and 285 protruding from the angled holding member 24 and the dimensional error of the protrusion itself.

Further, the fixing portion 82 is in contact with the upper end surface 822 that contacts the lower surface of the guide plate and the like, the screw hole 825 for fastening the screw, and the side surface of the guide plate and the like, and the fixed body 80 is displaced in the width direction. A standing piece 823 to be prevented and a concave groove 824 to be fitted and positioned with the side protrusions 277 and 287 (see FIG. 6) of the angled holding member 24 are provided. The recessed groove 824 and the screw hole 825 may communicate with each other as illustrated. In addition, when fixing the holding member 24 with an angle to the lower surface of the saddle plate 121, the standing piece 823 is unnecessary.
The fixed portion 82 is provided with a contact surface 821 protruding. The protruding direction is the inner direction when the fixed body 80 is bent in a U shape and is provided around the angled holding member 24.

It is preferable that at least the belt-like portion 81 of the fixed body 80 has higher flexibility than the angled holding member 24. Since flexibility is governed by the thickness and bending rigidity of the material, it may be made of a synthetic resin material such as rubber or plastic having low elasticity and high tensile strength, such as silicone rubber or polyamide (nylon).
The band-shaped fixed body 80 is an angled holding member in a state where the band-shaped portion 81 is stretched by receiving a tensile load when a fastener is inserted into the screw hole 825 from below and the fixed body 80 is attached to a guide plate or the like. It may be in contact with 24 outer surfaces 274,284. Thus, the angled holding member 24 can be fixed with a high holding force without the fixing body 80 slackening, and the angled holding member 24.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a cross section (XIII-XIII cross section) in the width direction of the conduit 20 indicated by an arrow in FIG.
The fixed body 80 is fixed to the island facility 100 so that the bottoms of the first holding part 27 and the second holding part 28 of the angled holding member 24 are lifted.

The fixed body 80 that holds and suspends the outer surfaces 274 and 284 of the angled holding member 24 includes, in the angled holding member 24, the vicinity of the bottom 270 that surrounds the bottom protrusions 275 and 285, and the side protrusions 277 and 287. The contact is made in the vicinity of the opening end portion 280 formed. The opening end 280 corresponding to the upper side of the angled holding member 24 is formed substantially vertically, and the contact surface 821 that abuts on the outer peripheral surface thereof also rises substantially vertically.
As described above, a non-contact space 85 with the fixed body 80 is formed on the side of the angled holding member 24, and both come into contact at two points on both sides of the opening end portion 280 and the bottom portion 270 in total. . In the present embodiment, the contact surface 821 of the fixed body 80 and the open end 280 of the angled holding member 24 are in contact with each other in a substantially vertical plane, and therefore do not transmit a load in the gravitational direction. When the fixed body 80 is screwed to the guide plate or the like, the masses of the angled holding member 24 and the flange member 21 are received by the band-shaped portion 81 of the fixed body 80 through the bottom 270 of the angled holding member 24, The lifting force by the fixed body 80 acts on the bottom portion 270 of the angled holding member 24 without being dispersed.

  Accordingly, since the angled holding member 24 is fixed to the guide plate or the like in such a manner that the bottom part 270 is lifted by the fixing body 80, the bending of the bottom part 270 of the angled holding member 24 that receives the weight of the flange member 21 is suppressed, The height from the guide plate or the like to the bottom surface of the angled holding member 24 is accurately fixed. Therefore, in the case where the screw body is provided inside the conduit 20 as a transfer means such as a cigarette shell, the clearance accuracy between the bottom of the inner surface of the flange member 21 and the peripheral edge of the screw body is also good, and the cigarette butt that is the object of the present invention. Etc. can be fully enjoyed. That is, the butts and the like that receive the transfer force by the screw body by coming into contact with the inner surface of the flange member 21 often take a behavior of being scooped up by the screw body 301 and falling to the bottom of the flange member 21 due to gravity. However, by fixing the bottom portions 270 of the first holding portion 27 and the second holding portion 28, the bending deformation of the flange member 21 can be suppressed regardless of the elasticity of the angled portion 26. Thereby, since the height of the eaves member 21 with respect to the island facility 100 can be accurately aligned, it is possible to prevent a dead space from being generated between the eaves member 21 and the screw body 301.

  Further, in the fixing method in which the bottom portion 270 of the angled holding member 24 is simply lifted by the belt-shaped portion 81, the strength may be insufficient with respect to the displacement in the width direction of the angled holding member 24 when an external force is applied to the flange member 21. However, by adopting a method in which the opening end portion 280 of the angled holding member 24 is sandwiched and fixed from both sides by a relatively rigid fixing portion 82 of the fixed body 80, the width direction relative to the angled holding member 24 is fixed. The holding power is improved.

  The plurality of fixed bodies 80 according to the present embodiment that hold the outer surfaces 274 and 284 of the first and second holding portions 27 and 28 of the angled holding member 24 and lift the same are used. be able to. That is, the first holding portion 27 and the second holding portion 28 of the angled holding member 24 that are concave together have the same shape and the same dimensions, or at least the peripheral lengths of these outer surfaces 274 and 284, and the bottom protrusions. By making the formation positions of 275 and 285 and the side protrusions 277 and 287 equal to each other, the fixed body 80 used for one angled holding member 24 can be shared.

  In the present embodiment, the first and second holding portions 27 and 28 have the same shape and dimensions for a plurality of types of angled holding members 24 having different bending angles (BA), and have a fan-like angle in plan view. Only the shape of the attaching portion 26 is changed. For this reason, it is possible to share the fixed body 80 that holds each of the plurality of types of angled holding members 24.

  The number of types of parts can be reduced and the cost can be reduced by making the fixed bodies 80 used in large numbers according to the number of holding portions of the angled holding member 24, that is, the number of the end portions 22 of the flange member 21, as described above. In addition, since there is no mix-up of components, the assembly workability of the collection device 10 such as the butts is excellent.

  FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the collection device 10 for sucking butt or the like according to the embodiment of the present invention. However, the fixed body 80 (see FIG. 4, 5 or 7) is not shown in the figure. A screw device 30 formed by bending a plurality of screw bodies 301a and 301b, each having a shaft 70 inserted therein, and being connected to each other by a universal joint 40 is provided inside the conduit 20 as a transfer means such as a cigarette butt. . By applying torque to one end of the plurality of screw bodies 301a and 301b that are bent and connected to each other by the universal joint 40, the entire screw device 30 can be rotated while being bent.

  As shown in the figure, the screw body 301a is formed in a long shape according to the width dimension of the gaming machine 102, and the screw body 301b provided alternately with this is formed in a short length corresponding to the interval between the gaming machines 102. Has been. In the case of the island facility 100 in which the game medium supply device 103 is installed between the gaming machines 102, the length of the short screw body 301 b can correspond to the width dimension of the game medium supply device 103. That is, in the collection device 10 for sucking butt or the like according to the present embodiment shown in the figure, screw bodies 301a and 301b are provided for the gaming machine 102 and the game medium supply device 103, respectively, and are connected to each other by the universal joint 40. . On the other hand, a screw body having a length corresponding to the total width of a set of the gaming machine 102 and the game medium supply device 103 provided side by side may be used. Furthermore, a plurality of sets of gaming machines 102 and games may be used. A long screw body corresponding to the total width of the medium supply device 103 may be used.

  Here, for example, in the case of an island facility 100 in which 10 gaming machines 102 and 10 game medium supply devices are installed side by side, the bending angle between the screw bodies bent and connected to each other by the universal joint 40 is 9 degrees ( = 180 / (10 + 10)), the island facility 100 can be an R island having a central angle of 180 degrees.

  The screw bodies 301a and 301b are accommodated inside the flange members 21a and 21b having a length corresponding to each of the screw bodies 301a and 301b. In other words, the bent shape of the conduit 20 formed by connecting the flange members 21a and 21b, which are straight pipes, to each other by the angled holding member 24, that is, the interval and the bent angle of the bent portions, are determined by the gaming machine 102 and the game medium supply device 103. This corresponds to the parallel arrangement interval and the bending angle. In addition, in the present invention, the arrangement interval of the inlets 104 dispersed and arranged in an arc shape may correspond to the lengths of the screw body and the flange member. In contrast to the former (this embodiment) in which two screw bodies 301a and 301b and flange members 21a and 21b form a transfer path such as a butt for every arrangement interval of the input port 104, one adjacent input port 104 is provided. In the latter case, the number of parts is reduced, and the lengths of the screw body and the flange member are made common to reduce the number of types of parts.

  In the cigarette buttress collection device 10 according to the present embodiment, the lengths of the screw bodies 301a and 301b and the lengths of the flange members 21a and 21b that accommodate the screw bodies 301a and 301b are substantially the same, and a universal joint that connects the screw bodies together. The arrangement position 40 is inside the angled holding member 24. On the other hand, especially in the case of the conduit 20 having a shallow bending angle, the clearance between the bottom of the inner surface of the flange member 21 and the peripheral edge of the screw body is equal to or smaller than the outer dimensions of the butterfly and the like, and the flange member 21 and the screw body are As long as the condition of not interfering is satisfied, a plurality of screw bodies may be accommodated in the single flange member 21, and conversely, one screw body may be covered with the multiple flange members 21. . In these cases, the arrangement position of the universal joint 40 that couples the screw bodies may be inside the angled holding member 24 or may be removed from the middle portion of the flange member 21.

  The collection box 115 is a container that stores a fire extinguishing agent such as water as necessary, and is provided to accumulate the transferred dust butts and the like so that they can be discarded in a lump. The collection box 115 is generally installed at one end or both ends in the width direction (longitudinal direction) of the island facility 100, but may be provided at an intermediate portion of the island facility 100, and installed for each gaming machine. Also good. By inserting the tip of the screw body 302 in the transfer direction into the collection box 115, the butts and the like transferred to the tip along the axial direction of the screw device 30 fall from the screw device 30. In the collection box 115.

  A guide plate 251 is fixed by screws or the like from the back side of the gutter plate 121 in which the insertion port 104 is formed corresponding to the installation position of the gaming machine 102. The guide plate 251 is formed with a through hole 252 that communicates with each of the insertion ports 104 and through which a cigarette butt or the like can pass. Further, the guide plate 251 is provided with a protruding portion 253a protruding in the plane and a recessed fitting portion 253b formed in a fitting shape with the protruding portion 253a at both ends in the longitudinal direction. That is, a plurality of guide plates 251 are connected and arranged in the longitudinal direction, and the guide plate 251 can easily correspond to the length of the flange plate 121 by fitting the protrusions 253a and the recessed fitting portions 253b adjacent to each other. Can do. Accordingly, the individual guide plates 251 can be formed relatively short by dividing the gutter plate 121 into a fraction, and therefore the processing accuracy and transportability are good. However, the collection device 10 such as a cigarette butt of the present invention may be directly attached to the gutter plate 121 without using the guide plate 251.

  In this way, when assembling the collection device 10 such as the cigarette butt, a system is adopted in which the screw device 30 and the conduit 20 are previously installed on the guide plate 251 and then the guide plate 251 is assembled to the gutter plate 121 of the island facility 100 to form a unit. As a result, the clearance between the flange members 21a and 21b and the peripheral edge portions of the screw bodies 301a and 301b, that is, the assembly accuracy of the axial center positions of the screw bodies 301a and 301b with respect to the flange members 21a and 21b is increased, and the screw bodies 301a and 301b. As for the positional relationship in the longitudinal direction of the charging port 104, the accuracy can be increased.

A seat plate 254 is intermittently fixed to the lower surface of the guide plate 251 corresponding to the installation position of the gaming machine 102. The guide plate 251 and the seat plate 254 may be fixed by any method such as a fastening tool such as a screw or adhesion. The seat plate 254 functions as a spacer between the screw body 301a and the guide plate 251. That is, by increasing the distance from the insertion port 104 to the screw body 301b through the through hole 252, it is easy to drop the butts and the like. is doing.
The collection device 10 such as a cigarette butt according to the present invention can attach the fixed body 80 to the guide plate 251 or the seat plate 254 by a coupling means such as a screw. However, the recovery device 10 such as the cigarette butt may be fixed by directly attaching the fixing body 80 to the lower surface of the flange plate 121 without using the guide plate 251 or the seat plate 254.

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The screw bodies 301 a, 301 b, and 302 shown in FIG. 9 are bent and connected to each other by the universal joint 40 to constitute the screw device 30. As shown in FIG. 10, in the screw bodies 301 and 302 according to the present embodiment, the pressing surfaces 36a and 36b are overlapped (overlapped) with each other at the shaft ends 32a and 32b to be connected. It is characterized by. Thereby, in the screw device 30 having one or two or more bent portions, a continuous transfer force can be applied to the cigarettes and the like. That is, the butts and the like transferred in the axial direction of the screw bodies 301 and 302 can continue to receive the transfer force without spilling from the push surfaces 36a and 36b even at the bent portions.

  The screw bodies 301 and 302 may have portions where the pressing surfaces 36a and 36b overlap at an intermediate portion other than the connecting end portion by the universal joint 40. Specifically, each of the screw bodies 301 and 302 according to the present embodiment is configured by further connecting a plurality of screw parts 60 coaxially and in series as shown in FIG. As a connection mode, an uneven fitting portion described later is provided on the shaft portion 31 of the screw component 60, and the screw component 60 is mounted on a shaft 70 (see FIG. 9) inserted through the shaft portions 31a and 31b. The method may be used. Thus, the screw device 30 according to the present embodiment is configured by bending and connecting a plurality of screw bodies 301 and 302 by the universal joint 40, and the screw bodies 301 and 302 further include a plurality of screw parts 60. They are connected to each other.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the screw component 60. 12A is a left side view of the universal joint 40, FIG. 12B is a front view thereof, and a DD sectional view thereof is shown in FIG. FIG. 3C is a right side view of the universal joint 40.
As shown in the figure, the screw component 60 includes a shaft portion 31 and a blade portion 34 having a spiral pushing surface 36 formed so as to protrude from the peripheral surface thereof. The blade portion 34 extends in the axial direction from the shaft end 32 of the shaft portion 31 and is provided with an extending portion 38. In the present invention, the extending portion 38 may be formed only on either the front or rear in the axial direction.

  Therefore, by connecting the shaft ends 32 of the two screw parts 60 so that the spiral directions of the push faces 36 coincide with each other, the push face 36 in the extending portion 38 is connected to the push faces of the other screw parts 60 to be joined. It overlaps with a predetermined length. In particular, when the extending portions are provided so as to protrude from both ends of the shaft portion 31, the extending portions 38 of the screw parts 60 to be connected overlap each other as shown in FIG. Such an overlap is not only the connecting portion between the screw bodies 301 and 302 connected by the shaft joint such as the universal joint 40 but also the intermediate portions in the longitudinal direction of the screw bodies 301 and 302 as shown in the drawing. It also occurs at the connecting portion between the screw parts 60 to be configured.

  In the straight portions of the screw bodies 301 and 302, the overlap length corresponds to the sum of the extension lengths of the extension portions 38a and 38b. In addition, at the shaft ends 32a and 32b that are bent and connected by the universal joint 40, the overlap length on the inner side of the bend exceeds the sum of the extension lengths, while the overlap length on the outer side of the bend. Is smaller than the sum of the extended lengths. By the way, when the screw device 30 is rotationally driven, the position of the extending portion 38 is alternately changed to the inside or outside of the bending. For this reason, the overlap length between the extending portions 38 does not become zero on the outside of the bend, and the pressing surface 36a of the screw body 301 and the pressing surface 36b of the screw body 302 always overlap each other. It is preferable to determine the extension length of the extension portion 38 according to the bending angle of the screw device 30 so that the extension is possible. The bending angle between the screw bodies is 30 degrees or less, preferably 5 to 15 degrees, so that the torque can be satisfactorily transmitted by the universal joint 40.

  As in the present embodiment, by connecting a plurality of identical screw parts 60 to form a screw body, the length of the screw body can be easily adjusted by increasing or decreasing the number of screw parts 60 connected. Can do. For this reason, the screw device 30 can be freely arranged corresponding to the island equipment 100 of various sizes and shapes including straight islands and R islands, while using a shaft joint such as the common screw component 60 and the universal joint 40. Can do.

  In the screw device 30, as an aspect in which the pushing surface 36a of the screw body 301 and the pushing surface 36b of the screw body 302 overlap with each other at the shaft ends 32a and 32b, as shown in FIG. Of the blade 34a of the screw body 301 located at the front of the transfer direction, such as a sucking shell, in other words, the push surface 36a of the screw body 302 is arranged so as to overlap the rear of the push surface 36b of the screw body 302 located at the rear of the transfer direction. In contrast to the case where the rear end portion 341 is arranged behind the front end portion 342 of the blade portion 34b of the screw body 302 located rearward in the transfer direction, the push surface 36a of the screw body 301 ahead in the transfer direction is rearward. It is possible to take the case where it is arranged ahead of the pushing surface 36b of the screw body 302, and in either case Over a plurality of screws bodies that are connected by a shaft coupling the cigarette ends or the like can be continuously provide the transfer force.

Here, the rear end portion 341 of the blade portion 34a means the extension portion 38 when the extension portion 38 protrudes from the rear side of the shaft portion 31a of the screw body 301 (see FIGS. 10 and 11). However, when this is not formed, it means the vicinity of the rear end of the blade 34a.
On the other hand, the tip part 342 of the blade part 34b means the extension part 38 when the extension part 38 protrudes from the front side of the shaft part 31b of the screw body 302, and the extension part 38 is not formed. Means the vicinity of the end of the blade 34b on the front side.
That is, it is not necessary that the extending portions are provided on both of the two screw bodies to be connected, and at least one of the screw bodies may be provided with this. Even when the extending portion 38 is formed only at one of the connecting end portions of the screw bodies, when the extending portion 38 is rotated and positioned outside the bent portion, it overlaps with the connecting end portion of the blade portion of the other screw body. It is preferable that the length of the extending portion 38 is determined so that

  Like the screw device 30 according to the present embodiment, the screw parts 60 are connected to each other in the axial direction to form the screw bodies 301 and 302, respectively, and these are bent by the universal joint 40 and connected to each other. Accordingly, the connecting end portion by the universal joint 40 and the straight portions corresponding to the intermediate portions of the screw bodies 301 and 302 are configured using the common screw part 60 and the screw bodies 301 and 302 having a desired length. be able to.

  In the case of the present embodiment in which the rear end 341 of the front blade portion 34a in the transfer direction is arranged behind the front end portion 342 of the rear blade portion 34b, the rear of the front blade portion 34a is reversed. Compared with the case where the end portion 341 is disposed at the tip of the tip portion 342 of the rear blade portion 34b, the butt that is transferred extends when the abutting position shifts from the pushing surface 36b to the pushing surface 36a. Since it is not necessary to go over the step corresponding to the thickness of the portion 38, there is an advantage that the butt can be delivered smoothly by the screw body on the other side.

In the present embodiment, when the push surface 36a of the screw body 301 located at the front in the transfer direction is arranged behind the push surface 36b of the screw body 302 located at the rear in the transfer direction, the extension portion 38a or The spiral pitch of the push surface in at least one of 38b may be larger than the spiral pitch of the push surface in the region other than the extending portion. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the angle (θ ₁ ) between the normal direction of the push surface 36 in the extension portion 38 and the axial direction of the shaft portion 31 is the normal line of the push surface in the region other than the extension portion. By making the angle larger than the angle (θ ₂ ) between the direction of the shaft and the axial direction of the shaft portion, the rear end portion 341 of the blade portion 34a of the screw body 301 corresponding to the front in the transfer direction is set to the screw body 302 corresponding to the rear in the transfer direction. The screw body 301 and the screw body 302 can be directly connected to each other in the axial direction by making the spiral directions of the respective pressing surfaces 36a and 36b coincide with each other while sliding backward from the tip portion 342 of the blade portion 34b.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 10, the clearance (d1) between the rear end portion 341 of the blade part 34 and the front end portion 342 of the screw component 60 positioned in the transfer direction of the cigarette butt 110 is pushed with the conduit 20. It is preferably smaller than the clearance (d0: see FIG. 3) with the end of the surface 36. The minimum size of the butt 110 or the like that can be transferred by the screw device 30 is defined by the clearance (d0) between the inner peripheral surface of the conduit 20 and the peripheral edge of the push surface 36, and dust smaller than this is difficult to transfer by the screw device 30. When a separate transfer means such as a blower is required for recovery, the clearance (d1) between the rear end 341 of the blade 34 and the tip 342 of the other blade 34 connected to the rear of the blade 34 is set. If the size is smaller than this, the butts and the like 110 will not leak out at the connecting portion between the blade portions 34.

  The present invention relates to a collection device 10 for sucking butt or the like for transferring and collecting dust such as cigarette butts and paper waste, and the clearance d0 is determined by the minimum size of the dust to be transferred. Of course, the present invention may be a recovery device that targets only the cigarette butt, or a recovery device that targets only recovery of paper waste and the like.

Further, when the screw device 30 is rotated by receiving torque from the rotary drive device 50 (see FIG. 3), the extending portions 38 formed on the shaft ends 32a and 32b connected by the universal joint 40 are inside the bend. Notches 39 are formed on the peripheral surfaces of the shaft portions 31 so that the extension portions 38 do not interfere with the shaft portions 31 of the other screw parts 60 even at the moment when they are positioned ( (See FIG. 11). In other words, the shaft end 32a on the front side that is bent and connected in a “kage” shape by the universal joint 40 and the tip end portion 342 of the blade portion 34b on the rear side protrude from the shaft end 32b to the front. The extending portion 38 is preferably formed with a notch 39 on the inner diameter side. Similarly, a notch 39 may be formed on the inner diameter side of the rear end portion 341 of the front blade portion 34a that may collide with the rear shaft end 32b.
In addition, the width (d2) of the notch 39 should be smaller than the clearance (d0) between the conduit 20 and the end of the pressing surface 36 so that the butts or the like that reach the extending portion 38 do not escape from the notch 39. Is preferred.

  The universal joint 40 shown in FIG. 12 is formed by combining joint components 401 and 402 so as to be rotatable with respect to the rotation shafts 43 and 44. The rotating shaft 43 is orthogonal to the axis (CLa) of the joint component 401, and the rotating shaft 44 is orthogonal to the axis (CLb) of the joint component 402. Therefore, the axial center (CLa) of the joint part 401 and the axial direction of the shaft part 31a of one screw body 301 are made to coincide with each other, and both are rotationally fixed, and the axial core (CLb) of the joint part 402 and another screw body By rotating and fixing the two shafts 31b so that they are aligned with each other in the axial direction of the shaft portion 31b, the screw bodies 301 and 302 to be connected can transmit torque to each other regardless of the bending angle.

On the outer peripheral surfaces of the joint components 401 and 402, bosses 45 are formed so as to protrude along the respective shaft cores. The joint parts 401 and 402 are each formed with a through hole 46. On the other hand, a key groove 42 for mounting the boss 45 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the screw component 60, and a pin insertion hole 41 is provided at a position corresponding to the through hole 46 (see FIG. 11).
Accordingly, one joint component of the universal joint 40 is inserted into the shaft portion 31 of the screw component 60, and the pin is driven in a state where the pin insertion hole 41 and the through hole 46 are aligned, so that both can be easily angled. And can be fixed.

Further, the screw part 60 shown in FIG. 11 has a concave and convex fitting part 33 formed at the shaft end 32 thereof, and can determine the angle when connected in series with other screw parts. The applied torque can be transmitted to the shaft portion of another connected screw part. That is, the screw which makes the unevenness fitting part of one screw part and the unevenness fitting part of another screw part fit together, makes the extension parts 38 overlap by predetermined length, and makes the push face 36 continue. Body assembly work is easy and reproducible. In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, you may share the recessed part of the uneven | corrugated fitting part 33, and the keyway 42. FIG. The specific shape of the concave-convex fitting portion 33 is not particularly limited, and as long as the angle between adjacent screw parts 60 can be determined, a combination of a protrusion and a fitting groove that are detachable in the axial direction as shown in FIG. In addition, a male screw and a female screw that are screwed together may be provided.
Further, when the shaft 70 is not inserted into the screw body 301 and the screw body 301 is divided and configured by the plurality of screw parts 60, the torque applied to the screw body 301 from the rotary drive device 50 is via the uneven fitting portion 33. Since it is transmitted to the other screw parts 60, the uneven fitting part 33 is required to have a predetermined torsional strength.

The spiral angle of the spiral push surface 36 (excluding the extension portion 38) provided in the screw component 60 according to the present embodiment is 270 degrees. Such a helix angle is determined from the following viewpoints.
1) When the screw part 60 is obtained by injection molding of a molten resin such as polyarylate having excellent flame retardancy, if a spiral angle of about 360 degrees or more is given, it is difficult to remove the mold from the mold. On the other hand, when the spiral angle is small, the number of the screw parts 60 is excessive in order to obtain the pressing surface 36 having a predetermined spiral pitch.
2) When the screw parts 60 are connected in series, the formation positions of the extending portions 38 that overlap each other are shifted by 90 degrees around the shaft part 31, so the rigidity balance of the screw device 30 formed by assembling the screw parts 60 Is good.
3) When the spiral angle is 180 degrees or 360 degrees, it is necessary to reverse the concave and convex formation patterns of the concave-convex fitting portion 33 at both ends of the shaft end 32. If the spiral angle is 270 degrees, As shown in FIG. 11, by using the concave / convex fitting portion 33 in which the concave / convex pattern is shifted 90 degrees, the same concave / convex fitting portion 33 can be formed at both ends of the shaft end 32. As a result, the screw component 60 can be used with its axial direction reversed, and the assembly workability is excellent.

  In the screw device 30 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, a shaft coupling 31 such as the universal joint 40 is attached to the shaft portions 31a and 31b of the screw bodies 301 and 302, and both are connected. The shaft portions 31a and 31b of the component 60 themselves constitute joint components 401 and 402 of the shaft coupling, and the screw components 60 can be pin-coupled. That is, the shaft coupling may be prepared as a separate member from the screw bodies 301 and 302 and the screw component 60 constituting the screw bodies 301 and 302, or the shaft coupling may constitute a part of them.

It is a front view of the island facility 100 provided with collection | recovery apparatuses 10, such as a cigarette butt concerning embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a gaming machine 102 installed on an R island and a supply basket 120 for supplying gaming balls to each gaming machine. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional schematic diagram of the collection | recovery apparatus 10, such as a cigarette butt | hub, which shows a mode that the cigarette butt | mouth 110 etc. are transferred by the screw apparatus 30 provided in the inside of the conduit | pipe 20. (A) is a perspective view of the conduit | pipe 20 concerning this Embodiment, (b) is the enlarged view. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 4. It is a four-view figure of the holding member 24 with an angle, The figure (a) is a top view, The figure (b) is a side view, The figure (c) is a front view, The figure (d) is a bottom view. (A) It is a perspective view which shows the use condition which bent the strip | belt-shaped fixing body 80 in the U-shape. (B) It is a perspective view of the strip | belt-shaped fixing body 80 at the time of no load. It is a schematic diagram of the XIII-XIII cross section of FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a collection device 10 such as a cigarette butt according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of screw device 30 concerning an embodiment of the invention. 4 is a perspective view of a screw part 60. FIG. (A) Left side view of universal joint 40, (b) Front view, (c) Right side view, (d) DD sectional view of FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Collection | recovery apparatuses, such as a cigarette butt 20 Conduit 21 樋 member 24 Angle holding member 26 Angled part 27 First holding part 28 Second holding part 270 Bottom part 275,285 Bottom protrusion 277,287 Side protrusion 280 Open end 30 Screw device 301 Thru | or 307 screw body 31 shaft part 34 blade | wing part 36 pushing surface 40 universal joint 50 rotation drive device 60 screw part 80 fixing body 82 fixing | fixed part 821 contact surface 100 island equipment 102 game machine 104 insertion port 110 butt-shell etc. 121 rib plate

Claims (8)

At least some of the plurality of gaming machines are arranged in parallel with each other and are provided in an island facility having an opening formed corresponding to a predetermined installation position of the gaming machine. And a collection device such as a butt that includes a conduit extending in the transfer direction, such as a butt, and a transfer means such as a butt for transferring and collecting the butt and the like introduced from the input port along the conduit,
The transfer means such as the cigarette butt has a shaft part extending in the transfer direction of the cigarette butt and the blade part protruding radially outward from the periphery of the shaft part, and the entire blade part or the blade part Provided with a screw body with a spiral push surface formed on the front side,
A first holding portion and a second holding portion that are formed in a concave shape with the plurality of flange members open upward, hold the ends of the plurality of flange members, and communicate with each other in a bent state. and one or more angled holding member having a holding portion at least, and a fixing member fixed to the island features at least a bottom portion of said first holding portion or the outer surface of the second holding portion possess,
The first holding part and the second holding part include side protrusions protruding laterally from the surfaces of the first holding part and the second holding part, and bottom portions of the outer peripheral surfaces of the first holding part and the second holding part. And a bottom protrusion protruding downward from
The fixed body includes a recessed groove for positioning the holding member by fitting with the side protrusion, and a fitting hole formed to be engageable with the bottom protrusion,
A cigarette butt or the like, characterized in that the distance between the bottom of the inner surface of the conduit and the end of the push surface is smaller than the distance between the upper portion of the inner surface of the conduit and the peripheral edge of the push surface. Recovery device.   The angled holding member that causes the flange members to communicate with each other with a predetermined bending angle is an angle at which the first holding portion and the second holding portion are coupled so that an angle formed by these center lines is the bending angle. The collection device for a cigarette butt or the like according to claim 1, further comprising an attaching portion.   The inner surface of the angled part is formed one step higher than the inner surfaces of the first holding part and the second holding part, and the inner surface of the flange member held by the first holding part and the second holding part and the angled part The collection device for a cigarette butt or the like according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner surface is formed flush with each other.   4. The collection device according to claim 1, wherein the fixed body is in contact with a bottom portion and an open end portion of the outer surface of the first holding portion or the second holding portion.   5. The collection device according to claim 4, wherein the fixed body is provided with a contact surface protruding from the side against an opening end portion of the outer surface of the first holding portion or the second holding portion. .   The first holding part and the second holding part are formed so that the diameter of the first holding part is different from the diameter of the second holding part,
  The butt according to claim 1, wherein the angled portion is formed in a tapered shape that gradually changes its diameter between the first holding portion and the second holding portion. Equal recovery device.   The apparatus for collecting a cigarette butt or the like according to claim 5 or 6, wherein a non-contact space is formed on a side of the holding member between the holding member and the fixed body.   The screw body is configured by connecting a plurality of screw parts to each other,
  The blade portion is provided with an extending portion extending in the axial direction from the shaft end of the shaft portion at least one of the shaft ends,
  8. The structure according to claim 1, wherein when the plurality of screw parts are connected, the pushing surface in the extension part overlaps with the pushing surface in the extension part of the adjacent screw part. 9. A collection device such as butts according to any one of the above.

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