JPH0130220Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to an automatic pachinko ball lending machine in the form of a vending machine that automatically lends out pachinko balls, and in particular, it is compatible with each denomination by inserting coins of two different denominations. This invention relates to an automatic pachinko ball lending machine capable of dispensing the same number of pachinko balls.

Recently, pachinko balls that are lent out in predetermined numbers at pachinko parlors have come to be lent out using pachinko ball rental machines in the form of vending machines as pachinko parlors save labor. With the trend toward centralized control over the supply and collection of pachinko balls,
A pachinko ball rental machine is also incorporated into a series of pachinko ball supply systems, and is installed between pachinko machines when the pachinko machines are installed, saving space and allowing pachinko balls to be rented at a nearby location.

Even with this type of pachinko ball rental machine, the first condition is that it dispenses the exact amount of balls according to the coins inserted, and at the same time, it must always operate accurately and without any breakdowns. required.

On the other hand, among the currency in circulation, high-value coins (for example, 500
yen coins), it was necessary to prepare a ball lending machine for high-value coins in addition to the conventional ball lending machine for 100 yen coins, and as a result, two types of ball lending machines were installed. When installed, the cost of equipment increases, and at the same time, it brings about inconveniences in terms of space, such as having to spend the same amount of money on the ball rental machine.

In view of this, the present invention has been developed to provide two
The object of this invention is to provide an automatic ball lending machine for pachinko that can accurately dispense the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the denomination of each coin.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

The embodiment shown in the figure shows a configuration that corresponds to two denominations, one for 100 yen coins and one for 500 yen coins.For convenience of explanation, the above coins are collectively referred to as coin C.
A 100 yen coin is expressed as a coin C100, and a 500 yen coin is expressed as a coin C500. In addition, for parts related to 100 yen coins and parts related to 500 yen coins, the codes for parts that correspond or are similar are marked with "A" for 100 yen coins and "B" for 500 yen coins. It is distinguished by

As shown in FIG. 1, the ball dispensing device 1 is assembled as one unit into a machine frame 2 that is assembled into a machine body (not shown). A star foil-shaped ball counter plate 4 protruding from the passageway 3 is rotatably mounted on a shaft 5, and the pachinko balls flowing down the passageway 3 are
The teeth are arranged so that each tooth advances in the direction of the arrow. In the illustrated embodiment, the ball counter plate 4
The concave portion between each tooth is formed in a curved shape corresponding to the radius of the pachinko ball, and the number of teeth is 10, and the concave portion is configured such that 10 pachinko balls pass through it to rotate once.

The ball counter plate 4 is provided with a gear 6 that rotates integrally therewith, and a shaft 7 provided parallel to the shaft 5 of the ball counter plate 4 is meshed with the gear 6 via an intermediate gear 8. gear 9
and two cams 10 and 11 whose phases are shifted are attached so as to rotate together.

Furthermore, a gear 13 meshing with the gear 9 and a ball counter stop plate 14 are attached to a shaft 12 provided parallel to the shaft 7 so as to rotate together. A step portion 15 is formed on a part of the outer periphery, and a large diameter portion 16 is formed over a required range from the step portion 15 toward the rear in the rotational direction. The ball counter stop plate 14 is biased counterclockwise in the figure by a spring 17 within the allowable range of rotation by the stopper 18.

The gear ratio of the gears 8, 9, and 13 is such that the ball counter plate 14 rotates 100 times during one rotation of the gear 13.
Rotates as many times as the number of rental balls worth yen (in the example, 1 rotation is 10 balls)
).

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, on one side of the pachinko ball dispensing device 1, there is a coin passage 1 through which coins C100 and C500, which are sorted by a sorting machine (not shown) and determined to be correct, are sorted and passed through separately.
9A and 19B are arranged in parallel in a superimposed state, and a 100 yen coin dispensing system and a 500 yen coin dispensing system are constructed in relation to these passages 19A and 19B.

The coin passages 19A and 19B include a ball counter stopper switch 20A for 100 yen coins.
Ball counter stopper switch 2 for 500 yen coins
Switch actuating pieces 21A and 21B with 0B are arranged obliquely so as to form the bottoms of the passages 19A and 19B, and their upper parts are pivotally supported by shafts 22A and 22B. And these switch operating pieces 21
The lower surfaces of the switches 20A and 21B are connected to the switches 20A and 20B.
When a coin falling through the coin passages 19A, 19B comes into contact with these switch operation pieces 21A, 21B, the corresponding switch pieces 23A, 23B are pressed and the switch 20A is activated. , 20B. In FIG. 1, each of these members overlaps with the other, so they are given corresponding symbols.

Step portion 1 of the ball counter stop plate 14
The ball counter stopper 24, which engages and disengages from the ball counter 5, has its base pivotally supported by a shaft 25, and is supported by a spring 26.
The tip is normally biased in the direction in which the tip engages with the stepped portion 15.

A plunger 28 of a solenoid 55A for 100 yen coins is engaged with the ball counter stopper 24, and this solenoid 55A is connected to the ball counter stopper switch 20A for 100 yen coins, and the switch 20A is turned on. When this occurs, the plunger 28 is energized and the ball counter stopper 24A is removed from the stepped portion 15 of the ball counter stop plate 14.

The coin stoppers 27A, 27B are coaxially pivoted by a shaft 28 at positions spaced apart above the switch operating pieces 21A, 21B of the ball counter stopper switches 20A, 20B, and the coin passages 19A, 19B of the pivoted portions are pivoted. The side surface facing is formed into arcuate coin fitting parts 29A and 29B in which a part of the coins C100 and C500 can be engaged,
The lower portions are suspended by their own weight along the outer surfaces of the side walls of the coin passages 19A, 19B, and when hanging down, the upper ends 29A', 29B' of the coin fitting parts 29A, 29B are approximately in the same plane as the coin passages 19A, 19B. Then, the lower ends 29A'' and 29B'' inevitably enter the coin passages 19A and 19B, and the coins C101 and
Constructed to prevent C501 from falling.

The coin stopper 27A for 100 yen coins has locking protrusions 30 and 31 on the side surface below the shaft 28, and the coin stopper 27B for 500 yen coins has locking protrusions 30 and 31 on the shoulder above the shaft 28, respectively. There is.

The coin stopper lock levers 32A, 32B are coaxially supported by a shaft 33, and the coin stopper 27 is attached to these lock levers 32A, 32B.
Projection 3 that engages and disengages from projections 30 and 31 of A and 27B
4, 35, 36, and 37 are formed.

The coin stopper holding lever 38 and the lock release levers 39A, 39B are pivotally supported by the same shaft 40, the upper end of the holding lever 38 faces the back of the hanging part of the coin stopper 27A, 27B, and the lower end abuts on the cam 11 on the shaft 7. has been done. Further, the tip of the release lever 39A faces the rear surface of the hanging part of the lock lever 32A, and the lower end is connected to the cam 10 on the shaft 7.
is in contact with. The tip of the release lever 39B faces the rear surface of the hanging portion of the lock lever 32B, and the lower end comes into contact with a cam 42 on a shaft 41, which will be described later.

The engagement positional relationship, operation timing, etc. of each of the above-mentioned members will be explained in detail later when explaining the operation.

The dispensing mechanism that dispenses 500 yen worth of pachinko balls using a 500 yen coin is similar to the dispensing mechanism using a 100 yen coin.
It is operated in batches and is equipped with a counting mechanism that counts the number of operations.

This counting mechanism is activated by a ball counter stopper 24B when the ball counter plate 14 rotates five times.
Includes a locking mechanism. That is, it has a rotary plate 45 which is rotatably attached to the machine frame 2 by a shaft 41, has five pins 43, 43... arranged in an annular shape at equal intervals in the axial direction, and has one notch 44 formed in the outer periphery. The notch 44 is engaged by a protrusion 47 provided on the surface of the rotary plate 45 side of an arm portion 46 extending along the circumference of the rotary plate 45 of the 500 yen ball counter stopper 24B by the biasing force of a spring 49. When engaged, the rotary plate 45 is restrained from rotating. Further, a positioning lever 48 for stopping the rotary plate 45 at a fixed position is pivotally attached to the ball counter stopper 24B and biased by a spring 50 so as to be biased toward the pin 43 side.

On the other hand, an operating lever 51 for rotating the rotary plate 45 has a downward U-shape with its intermediate portion pivoted by the shaft 40, and is biased counterclockwise in the figure by a spring 52. The operating lever 51 is provided with a spring that engages the pins 43, 43, . It is energized and pivoted.

The other end of the actuating lever 51 is disposed at a position where it is pushed by a protrusion of a cam 54 on the shaft 7, and the cam 54
4, when the pin 43 is rotated clockwise in the figure, the feed pawl 53 feeds the pin 43 by one pitch. Further, the left side portion of the operating lever 51 (in the illustrated example, the axis of the feed claw 53) rests on the upper end 46a of the arm portion 46 of the 500 yen ball counter stopper 24B, thereby stopping the ball counter from descending.

The ball counter stopper 24B is pivotally supported on the machine frame 2 by a shaft 58, and the other end is engaged with a plunger 56 of a solenoid 55B for 500 yen coins. When the switch 20B is turned on, the plunger 56 is pulled and the ball counter stopper 24 is connected to the ball counter stopper 24.
B rotates the 100 yen ball counter stopper 24A clockwise to remove it from the step 15 of the ball counter stop plate 14.

In the figure, 57 is a governor for the ball counter plate 4.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When pachinko balls are being supplied to the automatic pachinko ball lending machine, the pachinko balls fill the ball passage 3 and reach the ball counter plate 4.

At this time, the tip of the ball counter stopper 24A of the ball dispensing device 1 engages with the stepped portion 15 of the ball counter stop plate 14 as shown in the first figure, and the protrusion 47 of the ball counter stopper 24B engages with the rotating plate. 45, and as the ball counter stop plate 14 is restrained, the gear 13 integrated therewith is placed in a locked state, and the ball counter plate 4 is restrained from rotating. There is.
Therefore, even if the load of the pachinko balls is applied to the teeth of the ball counter plate 4, the ball counter plate 4 remains stationary without rotating.

In this state, 100 yen and 500 yen coins
When C100 and C500 are inserted from the coin slot,
A sorting machine determines whether the coin is a proper coin or not, and if the coin is proper, it is fed into the coin passages 19A, 19B, and if it is a fraudulent coin, it is returned from the outlet. The 100 yen coin C100 and the 500 yen coin C500 are sorted and taken into dedicated coin passages 19A and 19B, respectively.

Now, the operation when multiple 100 yen coins (represented as C101, C102, etc. in order of precedence for convenience) and 500 yen coins (represented as C501, C502, etc.) at the same time is described in the third section. This will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 to 6.

100 yen coin C101 is in advance, coin passage 19A
When the coin C101 falls, it once enters the coin fitting part 29A of the coin stopper 27A as shown in FIG.
A rotates counterclockwise around the shaft 28 as shown in FIG. 6B, and passes the coin C101.

Due to this rotation of the coin stopper 27A, the protrusion 34 at the bottom of the lock lever 32A comes off the protrusion 30 and falls, so the protrusion 35 at the top of the lock lever 32A moves downward and hits the protrusion 31 of the 500 yen coin stopper 27B. Therefore, the inserted 500 yen coin C501 is coin stopper 2.
Even if the coin C501 enters into the coin fitting portion 29B of the coin C501 and attempts to rotate it, it does not rotate, and this coin C501 is held in the coin fitting portion 29B.

Further, after the 100 yen coin C101 falls as described above, the coin stopper 27A attempts to rotate clockwise due to its own weight to its original hanging state, but the protrusion 30 of the coin stopper 27A interferes with the protrusion 34 of the lock lever 32A. Therefore, the upper end 29A' of the coin fitting portion 29A is placed in a state protruding into the coin passage 19A, and as a result, subsequent coins C102 and subsequent coins are
It is received at A' (shown in Figure 6c).

Coin fitting portion 29 of the coin stopper 27A
The coin C101 that has passed through A is connected to the fitting part 29A.
The switch actuating piece 21A of the ball counter stopper switch 20A, which is positioned with a required height from (Figure 3). The coin C101 that passed through the switch operating piece 21A by swinging was
It falls into the back of the aircraft and is collected by a conveyor (not shown) or the like.

As mentioned above, when the switch operating piece 21A rotates counterclockwise, the switch 20A is turned on, which energizes the solenoid 55A to pull the plunger 28 and move the ball counter stopper 24A to the shaft 25.
Since the ball counter stop plate 14 is rotated clockwise around the center, its tip comes off the step 15 of the ball counter stop plate 14, and the ball counter stop plate 14 is momentarily rotated counterclockwise by the action of the spring 17 to the extent that it hits the stopper 18. When the ball counter stopper 24A rotates in the direction, the large diameter portion 16 enters a position where it can touch the rear end of the ball counter stopper 24A, and even if the ball counter stopper 24A attempts to return to its original rotation by the action of the spring 26 due to the demagnetization of the solenoid 55A, it cannot return. There will be no.

Due to the above action, the gear 13 on the shaft 12 including the ball counter stop plate 14, which has been restrained by the ball counter stopper 24A, becomes rotatable. Therefore, the ball counter plate 4, which had been stationary by receiving the pachinko balls due to the non-rotation restraint of the gear 13, begins to rotate due to the weight of the pachinko balls, and the stepped portion 15 of the ball counter stop plate 14 is rotated as shown in the first figure. The ball is rotated until it hits the tip of the ball counter stopper 24A again.

When the ball dispensing mechanism starts to rotate, the holding lever 38
is swung counterclockwise around the shaft 40 by the cam 11, and its upper end is moved to the position shown in FIG. 6D, and then the release lever 39A is rotated counterclockwise by the cam 10. Lock lever 32A is attached to shaft 33
Rotate clockwise around the center. This causes the protrusion 31 of the coin stopper 27B to lock onto the lock lever 32.
It came off the protrusion 35 of A, and until now the coin fitting part 2
The coin stopper 27B rotates until it hits the holding lever 38 due to the weight of the 500 yen coin C501 parked on the lower end 29B'' of the coin stopper 27B.

At this time, the protrusion 36 of the lock lever 32B comes off from the protrusion 31 of the coin stopper 27B, and the lock lever 32B falls under its own weight. At the same time, the coin stopper 27A also moves to the protrusion 34 of the lock lever 32A.
When the coin C102 comes off, it moves to the position shown in FIG. Therefore, the coins C102 and C501 are inserted into the coin fitting portions 29A and 29A of the coin stoppers 27A and 27B, respectively.
29B and is held there.

As the rotation of the ball discharging mechanism progresses, the release lever 3
9A comes off the cam 10 and returns to its original position, so the lock lever 32A falls under its own weight and the coin stopper 27
It stops when it hits the top of the protrusion 31 of B (Fig. 6E)
(shown).

The ball counter stop plate 14 rotates once,
When pachinko balls worth 100 yen have been thrown out, the step 15 of the ball counter stop plate 14 hits the tip of the ball counter stopper 24A, stopping its rotation and locking the gear 13, so that the ball counter plate 4 stops rotating. stops and the throwing of pachinko balls stops.

When the pachinko balls are finished being thrown as mentioned above,
Since the holding lever 38 returns to its original position, the coin stopper 27B moves to the lower end 29 of the coin fitting portion 29B.
B'' is pushed down by the weight of the coin C501 and falls in the coin passage 19B, and collides with the switch operating piece 21B of the ball counter stopper switch 20B placed in the passage as shown in the fourth figure.

As a result, the switch actuating piece 21B is connected to the shaft 22.
Rotate counterclockwise around B, switch 20B
is turned on, the solenoid 55B is energized, pulls the plunger 56, rotates the ball counter stopper 24B counterclockwise around the shaft 58, and the protrusion 47 of the arm 46 is removed from the notch 44 of the rotary plate 45. Also, the upper end 46a of the arm 46 comes off the axis of the feed pawl 53, and the 5-rotation counting mechanism is unlocked. At this time, the coin stopper 27A is
Coin C102 attempts to rotate due to its own weight, but the protrusion 30 hits the protrusion 37 of the lock lever 32B and cannot rotate, leaving the coin C102 held (as shown in FIG. 6F).

Also, the coin stopper 32B tries to return to its original state due to the passage of coin C501, but the lock lever 32B
The protrusion 31 hits the protrusion 36 of the coin stopper 27B and stops as shown in FIG. Since it is placed in a state where it protrudes into the coin passage 19B, it will not continue to fall.

On the other hand, when the ball counter stopper 24B for 500 yen is rotated counterclockwise by the solenoid 55B as described above, this ball counter stopper 24B
The right end of the coin pushes up the left end of the 100 yen ball counter stopper 24A, so it comes off the step 15 of the ball counter stop plate 14 and becomes unlocked, as in the case of the 100 yen coin described above, and the pachinko ball is not thrown. The output begins.

At the same time, the right end side surface of the operating lever 51 is pushed to the left by the cam 54 as shown in FIG. hang it up and pull it up,
Rotate the rotating plate 45 by one pitch.

Each time the ball counter stop plate 14 rotates once, the operating lever 51 swings once, and the pachinko balls continue to be thrown until the five pins 43, 43, . . . are completely fed. However, at the fifth rotation, the holding lever 38 is swung counterclockwise by the cam 11.
The release lever 39A is swung counterclockwise by the cam 10, thereby lifting the lock lever 32A, returning it to its original position, and then releasing the release lever 3.
9B is swung counterclockwise by the cam 42 on the shaft 41 of the rotary plate 45 and lifts the lock lever 32B, so that the protrusion 31 of the coin stopper 27B comes off from the protrusion 36 of the lock lever 32B, and its own weight and the weight of the coin C502 are removed. The coin C502 moves to the position shown in FIG. 6J due to the lateral component of force, and the coin C502 enters the coin fitting portion 29B, and is pushed down until the protrusion 31 of the coin stopper 27B hits the protrusion 35 of the lock lever 32A.

When the 5-turn counting mechanism advances further, the release lever 39B returns to its original position, and the lock lever 32B falls under its own weight and stops against the protrusion 31 of the coin stopper 27B (as shown in FIG. 6K).

When the 5 rotation count mechanism completes 5 operations, the holding lever 38 returns to its original position, so the coin stopper 2
7A is pushed down by the weight of the coin C102 and rotates, ranging from the state shown in FIG. 6L to FIG. 6C,
Throw out 100 yen worth of pachinko balls in the same way as above.

Also, when the rotating plate 45 completes one rotation, the notch 4
4 comes to the position of the protrusion 47 of the ball counter stopper 24B, and the upper end 46a of the arm part 46 of the ball counter stopper 24B enters the axis of the feed pawl 53 of the operating lever 51, engages with this, and rotates. Board 45
is restrained. The rotational position of the rotary plate 45 is determined by a positioning lever 48.

Note that until the rotary plate 45 of the 5-rotation counting mechanism rotates 5 times due to the coin C501, the holding lever 3 is rotated every 1 rotation as in the case of the coin C101.
8. The release lever 39A operates and the lock lever 3
2A, I move the coin stopper 27A, but
There is no problem in holding subsequent coins.

As explained above, the automatic ball dispensing machine for pachinko according to the present invention is capable of handling two denominations of small and large denomination coins, such as 100 yen coins and 500 yen coins, in the number of coins corresponding to each coin denomination. Since pachinko balls can be dispensed accurately according to the number of coins inserted, there is no need to install separate ball lending machines for each denomination, thus saving installation costs and space. You can eliminate waste.

Furthermore, the automatic ball dispensing machine for pachinko according to the present invention is based on a pachinko ball dispensing mechanism with a number corresponding to small denomination coins, and the number corresponding to large denomination coins is based on the number of operations of the ball dispensing mechanism for small denomination coins. Since it is configured to operate and dispense the number of times equivalent to a high-value coin, there is no need to provide a separate dispensing mechanism for each different denomination, and the structure of the dispensing device can be made extremely compact. Since each component can be obtained by molding synthetic resin, it has various advantages such as being able to be provided at a very low cost.

In addition, in the illustrated example, 100 coins are used as small denomination coins.
Although a case has been described in which a 500 yen coin is used as a high-value coin, the amount is not limited to this. Furthermore, the structure and shape of the constituent members of each part need not be limited to those shown in the drawings, and design changes may be made arbitrarily without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a front side view showing a configuration example of an automatic pachinko ball dispensing machine to which the present invention is applied, Figure 2 is a left side view of Figure 1, and Figure 3 is the operating state when dispensing 100 yen coins. 4 and 5 are explanatory diagrams showing the operating state when dispensing a 500 yen coin.
Figures A to L are explanatory diagrams showing the operating state of the coin stopper. 1... Ball discharging device, 2... Machine frame, 4... Ball counter plate, 14... Ball counter stop plate, 15... Step section, 19A, 19B... Coin passage, 20A, 20B... Ball Counter stopper switch, 21A, 21B...Switch operating piece,
24A, 24B...Ball counter stopper, 27
A, 27B...Coin stopper, 29A, 29B
... Coin fitting part, 38 ... Holding lever, 39
A, 39B...Release lever, 43...Pin, 44
... Notch, 45 ... Rotating plate, 46 ... Arm part,
47... Protrusion, 48... Positioning lever, 53...
...Feed claw, 55A, 55B...Solenoid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Coin passages in which small coins and large coins are sorted and dropped separately; a ball counter plate that engages pachinko balls supplied into the ball passage and is rotated by the pachinko balls and counted;
A ball counter stop plate that is rotatably connected to the ball counter plate via a transmission mechanism such as a gear and has an engaging stepped portion, and a small coin having a claw that can be engaged with and disengaged from the engaging stepped portion and restrained by the plate. a ball counter stopper for large amount coins, one end of which is disposed such that it can freely engage with the rear end of the ball counter stopper for small amount coins; a switch for small denomination coins inserted into the small denomination coin passage; a switch for high denomination coins inserted by high value coins falling down the high denomination coin path; and a switch connected to the rear end of the ball counter stopper for small denomination coins; A solenoid is connected to the rear end of the ball counter stopper for high-value coins, and a solenoid is connected to the rear end of the ball counter stopper for high-value coins to operate the stopper in a direction to remove the stopper from the stepped portion of the ball counter stop plate when the switch is turned on. When the solenoid swings the stopper and causes the ball counter stopper for small denomination coins to perform the above-mentioned operation, and when the ball counter stopper for large denomination coins is swung by the solenoid, the engagement is released and the ball counter stopper for large denomination coins is disengaged. A counting mechanism that allows the mechanism to continue rotating for the equivalent of a large amount of coins;
Coin stoppers for small denominations and large denominations with coin fitting portions facing each of the coin passages, positions for receiving coins at the upper ends of these coin stoppers, positions for receiving and holding coins in the coin fitting portions, and positions for dropping coins. An automatic pachinko ball dispensing machine comprising a lock lever that holds each position.